_qt_internal_collect_buildsystem_shared_libraries seems to pick up BUILDSYSTEM_TARGETS with:

get_directory_property(buildsystem_targets DIRECTORY ${subdir} BUILDSYSTEM_TARGETS)

https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/prop_dir/BUILDSYSTEM_TARGETS.html

However, according to the docs that doesn't include binaries which are added with IMPORTED add_library.

Suggestion:

Make the function similarly pick up IMPORTED_TARGETS as well. Example:

get_directory_property(buildsystem_imported_targets DIRECTORY ${subdir} IMPORTED_TARGETS)

Why:

The libraries are anyway needed when deploying and it'd simplify importing libraries in complex project structures.