diff --git a/bin/cpp-qt5-petstore.json b/bin/cpp-qt5-petstore.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b27f55f17f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/cpp-qt5-petstore.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "inputSpec": "modules/openapi-generator/src/test/resources/2_0/petstore.yaml",
+  "outputDir": "samples/client/petstore/cpp-qt5",
+  "additionalProperties": {
+    "cppNamespace": "test_namespace",
+    "modelNamePrefix": "PFX"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/bin/cpp-qt5-petstore.sh b/bin/cpp-qt5-petstore.sh
index 68760f66505..f870163d69a 100755
--- a/bin/cpp-qt5-petstore.sh
+++ b/bin/cpp-qt5-petstore.sh
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ export JAVA_OPTS="${JAVA_OPTS} -Xmx1024M -DloggerPath=conf/log4j.properties"
 args="generate -t modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/cpp-qt5-client \
       -i modules/openapi-generator/src/test/resources/2_0/petstore.yaml \
       -g cpp-qt5-client \
-       --additional-properties=cppNamespace=test_namespace \
-       --additional-properties=modelNamePrefix=PFX \
-       -o samples/client/petstore/cpp-qt5 $@"
+      -c cpp-qt5-petstore.json \
+      $@"
 
 java $JAVA_OPTS -jar $executable $args