diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/CppQt5ClientCodegen.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/CppQt5ClientCodegen.java
index 29beb10a50c1..449e2b8351de 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/CppQt5ClientCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/CppQt5ClientCodegen.java
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ public class CppQt5ClientCodegen extends CppQt5AbstractCodegen implements Codege
         supportingFiles.add(new SupportingFile("HttpFileElement.cpp.mustache", sourceFolder, PREFIX + "HttpFileElement.cpp"));
         supportingFiles.add(new SupportingFile("object.mustache", sourceFolder, PREFIX + "Object.h"));
         supportingFiles.add(new SupportingFile("enum.mustache", sourceFolder, PREFIX + "Enum.h"));
+        supportingFiles.add(new SupportingFile("CMakeLists.txt.mustache", sourceFolder, "CMakeLists.txt"));       
         if (optionalProjectFileFlag) {
             supportingFiles.add(new SupportingFile("Project.mustache", sourceFolder, "client.pri"));
         }
@@ -107,6 +108,8 @@ public class CppQt5ClientCodegen extends CppQt5AbstractCodegen implements Codege
             supportingFiles.add(new SupportingFile("HttpFileElement.cpp.mustache", sourceFolder, modelNamePrefix + "HttpFileElement.cpp"));           
             supportingFiles.add(new SupportingFile("object.mustache", sourceFolder, modelNamePrefix + "Object.h"));
             supportingFiles.add(new SupportingFile("enum.mustache", sourceFolder, modelNamePrefix + "Enum.h"));
+            supportingFiles.add(new SupportingFile("CMakeLists.txt.mustache", sourceFolder, "CMakeLists.txt"));
+           
 
             typeMapping.put("file", modelNamePrefix + "HttpFileElement");
             importMapping.put(modelNamePrefix + "HttpFileElement", "#include \"" + modelNamePrefix + "HttpFileElement.h\"");
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/cpp-qt5-client/CMakeLists.txt.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/cpp-qt5-client/CMakeLists.txt.mustache
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c53100cca69b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/cpp-qt5-client/CMakeLists.txt.mustache
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.2)
+
+project(client)
+set(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE ON)
+set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
+set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fPIC -Wall -Wno-unused-variable")
+
+find_package(Qt5Core REQUIRED)
+find_package(Qt5Network REQUIRED)
+
+file(GLOB SRCS
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.cpp
+)
+
+add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SRCS})
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE Qt5::Core Qt5::Network ssl crypto)
+
+set_property(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 14)
+set_property(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+set_property(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTY CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
+
+install(TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin LIBRARY DESTINATION lib ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib)
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/cpp-qt5/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/client/petstore/cpp-qt5/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..517669ae8062
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/cpp-qt5/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.2)
+
+project(cpp-qt5-petstore)
+set(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE ON)
+set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
+set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fPIC -Wall -Wno-unused-variable")
+
+find_package(Qt5Core REQUIRED)
+find_package(Qt5Network REQUIRED)
+find_package(Qt5Test REQUIRED)
+
+file(GLOB SRCS
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/PetStore/*.cpp
+)
+
+include_directories(
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/client
+)
+
+add_subdirectory(client)
+add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SRCS})
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE Qt5::Core Qt5::Network Qt5::Test ssl crypto client)
+set_property(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 14)
+set_property(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+set_property(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTY CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
+
+install(TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin LIBRARY DESTINATION lib ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib)
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/cpp-qt5/client/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/client/petstore/cpp-qt5/client/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c53100cca69b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/cpp-qt5/client/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.2)
+
+project(client)
+set(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE ON)
+set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
+set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fPIC -Wall -Wno-unused-variable")
+
+find_package(Qt5Core REQUIRED)
+find_package(Qt5Network REQUIRED)
+
+file(GLOB SRCS
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.cpp
+)
+
+add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SRCS})
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE Qt5::Core Qt5::Network ssl crypto)
+
+set_property(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 14)
+set_property(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+set_property(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTY CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
+
+install(TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin LIBRARY DESTINATION lib ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib)