diff --git a/src/qml/Qt6QmlMacros.cmake b/src/qml/Qt6QmlMacros.cmake
index 9af3d52a47..4b1fd058e9 100644
--- a/src/qml/Qt6QmlMacros.cmake
+++ b/src/qml/Qt6QmlMacros.cmake
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ function(_qt_internal_write_deferred_qmlls_ini_file)
         # cmake list separator and windows path separator are both ';', so no replacement needed
         set(concatenated_build_dirs "${_qmlls_ini_build_folders}")
     endif()
-    set(file_content "[General]\nbuildDir=${concatenated_build_dirs}\n")
+    set(file_content "[General]\nbuildDir=${concatenated_build_dirs}\nno-cmake-calls=false\n")
     file(CONFIGURE OUTPUT "${qmlls_ini_file}" CONTENT "${file_content}")
 endfunction()
 
diff --git a/src/qmlls/qqmlcodemodel.cpp b/src/qmlls/qqmlcodemodel.cpp
index 88b2c4cc5d..706382c7a5 100644
--- a/src/qmlls/qqmlcodemodel.cpp
+++ b/src/qmlls/qqmlcodemodel.cpp
@@ -90,8 +90,17 @@ QQmlCodeModel::QQmlCodeModel(QObject *parent, QQmlToolingSettings *settings)
                      DomEnvironment::Option::SingleThreaded)),
       m_settings(settings)
 {
-    QObject::connect(&m_cppFileWatcher, &QFileSystemWatcher::fileChanged, this,
-                     &QQmlCodeModel::onCppFileChanged);
+}
+
+/*!
+\internal
+Disable the functionality that uses CMake, and remove the already watched paths if there are some.
+*/
+void QQmlCodeModel::disableCMakeCalls()
+{
+    m_cmakeStatus = DoesNotHaveCMake;
+    m_cppFileWatcher.removePaths(m_cppFileWatcher.files());
+    QObject::disconnect(&m_cppFileWatcher, &QFileSystemWatcher::fileChanged, nullptr, nullptr);
 }
 
 QQmlCodeModel::~QQmlCodeModel()
@@ -419,17 +428,34 @@ void QQmlCodeModel::openUpdateEnd()
 
 /*!
 \internal
-Test for CMake on the current system, and save result in m_cmakeStatus.
+Performs initialization for m_cmakeStatus, including testing for CMake on the current system.
 */
-QQmlCodeModel::CMakeStatus QQmlCodeModel::testCMakeStatus()
+void QQmlCodeModel::initializeCMakeStatus(const QString &pathForSettings)
 {
+    if (m_settings) {
+        const QString cmakeCalls = u"no-cmake-calls"_s;
+        m_settings->search(pathForSettings);
+        if (m_settings->isSet(cmakeCalls) && m_settings->value(cmakeCalls).toBool()) {
+            qWarning() << "Disabling CMake calls via .qmlls.ini setting.";
+            m_cmakeStatus = DoesNotHaveCMake;
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
     QProcess process;
     process.setProgram(u"cmake"_s);
     process.setArguments({ u"--version"_s });
     process.start();
     process.waitForFinished();
     m_cmakeStatus = process.exitCode() == 0 ? HasCMake : DoesNotHaveCMake;
-    return m_cmakeStatus;
+
+    if (m_cmakeStatus == DoesNotHaveCMake) {
+        qWarning() << "Disabling CMake calls because CMake was not found.";
+        return;
+    }
+
+    QObject::connect(&m_cppFileWatcher, &QFileSystemWatcher::fileChanged, this,
+                     &QQmlCodeModel::onCppFileChanged);
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -547,13 +573,14 @@ void QQmlCodeModel::newDocForOpenFile(const QByteArray &url, int version, const
 {
     qCDebug(codeModelLog) << "updating doc" << url << "to version" << version << "("
                           << docText.size() << "chars)";
+
+    const QString fPath = url2Path(url, UrlLookup::ForceLookup);
+    if (m_cmakeStatus == RequiresInitialization)
+        initializeCMakeStatus(fPath);
+
     DomItem newCurrent = m_currentEnv.makeCopy(DomItem::CopyOption::EnvConnected).item();
     QStringList loadPaths = buildPathsForFileUrl(url);
 
-    if (m_cmakeStatus == ToTest) {
-        m_cmakeStatus = testCMakeStatus();
-    }
-
     if (m_cmakeStatus == HasCMake && !loadPaths.isEmpty() && m_rebuildRequired) {
         callCMakeBuild(loadPaths);
         m_rebuildRequired = false;
@@ -563,7 +590,6 @@ void QQmlCodeModel::newDocForOpenFile(const QByteArray &url, int version, const
     if (std::shared_ptr<DomEnvironment> newCurrentPtr = newCurrent.ownerAs<DomEnvironment>()) {
         newCurrentPtr->setLoadPaths(loadPaths);
     }
-    QString fPath = url2Path(url, UrlLookup::ForceLookup);
     Path p;
     DomCreationOptions options;
     options.setFlag(DomCreationOption::WithScriptExpressions);
diff --git a/src/qmlls/qqmlcodemodel_p.h b/src/qmlls/qqmlcodemodel_p.h
index 159d7296a5..a31cb16ae7 100644
--- a/src/qmlls/qqmlcodemodel_p.h
+++ b/src/qmlls/qqmlcodemodel_p.h
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ public:
     QQmlToolingSettings *settings();
     QStringList findFilePathsFromFileNames(const QStringList &fileNames) const;
     static QStringList fileNamesToWatch(const QQmlJS::Dom::DomItem &qmlFile);
+    void disableCMakeCalls();
 Q_SIGNALS:
     void updatedSnapshot(const QByteArray &url);
 private:
@@ -122,8 +123,8 @@ private:
 
     static bool callCMakeBuild(const QStringList &buildPaths);
     void addFileWatches(const QQmlJS::Dom::DomItem &qmlFile);
-    enum CMakeStatus { ToTest, HasCMake, DoesNotHaveCMake };
-    CMakeStatus testCMakeStatus();
+    enum CMakeStatus { RequiresInitialization, HasCMake, DoesNotHaveCMake };
+    void initializeCMakeStatus(const QString &);
 
     mutable QMutex m_mutex;
     State m_state = State::Running;
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ private:
     QQmlToolingSettings *m_settings;
     QFileSystemWatcher m_cppFileWatcher;
     bool m_rebuildRequired = true; // always trigger a rebuild on start
-    CMakeStatus m_cmakeStatus = ToTest;
+    CMakeStatus m_cmakeStatus = RequiresInitialization;
 private slots:
     void onCppFileChanged(const QString &);
 };
diff --git a/tests/auto/cmake/test_generate_qmlls_ini/main.cpp b/tests/auto/cmake/test_generate_qmlls_ini/main.cpp
index 0aedf61c1f..4b8ddbc5da 100644
--- a/tests/auto/cmake/test_generate_qmlls_ini/main.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/cmake/test_generate_qmlls_ini/main.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ void tst_generate_qmlls_ini::qmllsIniAreCorrect()
         auto secondFolder = QDir(build.absolutePath().append(u"/qml/hello/subfolders"_s));
         QVERIFY(secondFolder.exists());
         QCOMPARE(fileContent,
-                 u"[General]\nbuildDir=%1%2%3\n"_s.arg(build.absolutePath(), QDir::listSeparator(),
+                 u"[General]\nbuildDir=%1%2%3\nno-cmake-calls=false\n"_s.arg(build.absolutePath(), QDir::listSeparator(),
                                                        secondFolder.absolutePath()));
     }
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ void tst_generate_qmlls_ini::qmllsIniAreCorrect()
         QVERIFY(file.open(QFile::ReadOnly | QFile::Text));
         const auto fileContent = QString::fromUtf8(file.readAll());
         QCOMPARE(fileContent,
-                 u"[General]\nbuildDir=%1\n"_s.arg(buildSubfolder.absolutePath()));
+                 u"[General]\nbuildDir=%1\nno-cmake-calls=false\n"_s.arg(buildSubfolder.absolutePath()));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/qmlls/qmllanguageservertool.cpp b/tools/qmlls/qmllanguageservertool.cpp
index f30cf1655c..6427c4ac09 100644
--- a/tools/qmlls/qmllanguageservertool.cpp
+++ b/tools/qmlls/qmllanguageservertool.cpp
@@ -175,6 +175,12 @@ int main(int argv, char *argc[])
                                                     "command line options into consideration"));
     parser.addOption(ignoreSettings);
 
+    QCommandLineOption noCMakeCallsOption(
+            QStringList() << "no-cmake-calls",
+            QLatin1String("Disables automatic CMake rebuilds and C++ file watching."));
+    parser.addOption(noCMakeCallsOption);
+    settings.addOption("no-cmake-calls", "false");
+
     parser.process(app);
 
     if (parser.isSet(writeDefaultsOption)) {
@@ -213,6 +219,19 @@ int main(int argv, char *argc[])
             },
             (parser.isSet(ignoreSettings) ? nullptr : &settings));
 
+    const bool disableCMakeCallsViaEnvironment =
+            qmlGetConfigOption<bool, qmlConvertBoolConfigOption>("QMLLS_NO_CMAKE_CALLS");
+
+    if (disableCMakeCallsViaEnvironment || parser.isSet(noCMakeCallsOption)) {
+        if (disableCMakeCallsViaEnvironment) {
+            qWarning() << "Disabling CMake calls via QMLLS_NO_CMAKE_CALLS environment variable.";
+        } else {
+            qWarning() << "Disabling CMake calls via command line switch.";
+        }
+
+        qmlServer.codeModel()->disableCMakeCalls();
+    }
+
     const QStringList envPaths =
             qEnvironmentVariable("QMLLS_BUILD_DIRS").split(u',', Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
     for (const QString &envPath : envPaths) {