diff --git a/package/qt6/qt6tools/qt6tools.mk b/package/qt6/qt6tools/qt6tools.mk
index e5e74f117e..b063f08887 100644
--- a/package/qt6/qt6tools/qt6tools.mk
+++ b/package/qt6/qt6tools/qt6tools.mk
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ HOST_QT6TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES = host-qt6base
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_QT6TOOLS_LINGUIST_TOOLS),y)
 HOST_QT6TOOLS_CONF_OPTS += -DFEATURE_linguist=ON
+# When we have qt6declarative for the target, we need to build the
+# linguist tool with host-qt6declarative support so that it handles
+# QML/JS files
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT6DECLARATIVE),y)
+HOST_QT6TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES += host-qt6declarative
+endif
 else
 HOST_QT6TOOLS_CONF_OPTS += -DFEATURE_linguist=OFF
 endif