diff --git a/package/qt6/qt6base/Config.in.host b/package/qt6/qt6base/Config.in.host
index 80bc13c7dc..46fb668817 100644
--- a/package/qt6/qt6base/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/qt6/qt6base/Config.in.host
@@ -12,3 +12,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_QT6BASE_NETWORK
 # (e.g. qmltestrunner).
 config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_QT6BASE_TEST
 	bool
+
+# Select this if you need host qt6 tools that require the Qt::Sql module
+# (e.g. qhelpgenerator).
+config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_QT6BASE_SQL
+	bool
diff --git a/package/qt6/qt6base/qt6base.mk b/package/qt6/qt6base/qt6base.mk
index c6bd15fec2..6cb82d9a94 100644
--- a/package/qt6/qt6base/qt6base.mk
+++ b/package/qt6/qt6base/qt6base.mk
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ HOST_QT6BASE_DEPENDENCIES = \
 HOST_QT6BASE_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DFEATURE_concurrent=OFF \
 	-DFEATURE_xml=ON \
-	-DFEATURE_sql=OFF \
 	-DFEATURE_dbus=OFF \
 	-DFEATURE_icu=OFF \
 	-DFEATURE_glib=OFF \
@@ -128,6 +127,15 @@ else
 HOST_QT6BASE_CONF_OPTS += -DFEATURE_network=OFF
 endif
 
+# We need host qt6base with Sql support for host-qt6tools to generate the
+# qhelpgenerator host tool. qt6tools will fail to build if qhelpgenerator is not
+# available.
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_QT6BASE_SQL),y)
+HOST_QT6BASE_CONF_OPTS += -DFEATURE_sql=ON
+else
+HOST_QT6BASE_CONF_OPTS += -DFEATURE_sql=OFF
+endif
+
 # We need host-qt6base with Testlib support when building host-qt6declarative
 # with QuickTest support. QuickTest support is further required for building the
 # qmltestrunner host tool. qt6declarative will fail to build if qmltestrunner is