diff --git a/cmake/QtFrameworkHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtFrameworkHelpers.cmake
index 1982937aaf..83a203d973 100644
--- a/cmake/QtFrameworkHelpers.cmake	
+++ b/cmake/QtFrameworkHelpers.cmake
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ function(qt_internal_find_apple_system_framework out_var framework_name)
     # We might revisit this later.
     set(cache_var_name "${out_var}Internal")
 
+    set(CMAKE_FIND_FRAMEWORK ONLY)
     find_library(${cache_var_name} "${framework_name}")
 
     if(${cache_var_name} AND ${cache_var_name} MATCHES ".framework$")