diff --git a/cmake/QtIRCommandLineHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtIRCommandLineHelpers.cmake
index 8856e980..51aa21a4 100644
--- a/cmake/QtIRCommandLineHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtIRCommandLineHelpers.cmake
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ function(qt_ir_command_line_set_input name val)
 endfunction()
 
 # Appends a value of a command line option into a global property.
-# Currently unused
 function(qt_ir_command_line_append_input name val)
     if(NOT "${commandline_option_${name}_alias}" STREQUAL "")
         set(name "${commandline_option_${name}_alias}")
@@ -240,6 +239,22 @@ function(qt_ir_commandline_string arg val nextok)
     endif()
 endfunction()
 
+# Like string, but appends to the existing value instead of overwriting.
+# Allows repeated flags like: -skip qtwebengine -skip qtwebview
+function(qt_ir_commandline_addString arg val nextok)
+    if(nextok)
+        qt_ir_args_get_next_command_line_arg(val)
+
+        if("${val}" MATCHES "^-")
+            qt_ir_add_error("No value supplied to command line options '${arg}'.")
+        endif()
+    endif()
+    qt_ir_validate_value("${arg}" "${val}" success)
+    if(success)
+        qt_ir_command_line_append_input("${arg}" "${val}")
+    endif()
+endfunction()
+
 # Sets / handles the value of a command line void option.
 # This is an option like --force, which doesn't take any arguments.
 # Currently unused
@@ -279,6 +294,7 @@ endfunction()
 #
 # Currently handles the following types of CLI arguments:
 #  string
+#  addString (like string, but accumulates values from repeated flags)
 #  boolean
 #  void
 #
diff --git a/cmake/QtIRHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtIRHelpers.cmake
index c4d8b7f2..a6099591 100644
--- a/cmake/QtIRHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtIRHelpers.cmake
@@ -89,6 +89,26 @@ function(qt_ir_handle_called_from_configure top_level_src_path out_var_exit_reas
 
     qt_ir_validate_options_for_configure()
 
+    # Convert -skip values to module-subset exclusions so init-repository respects them.
+    qt_ir_get_option_value(skip skip_modules)
+    if(skip_modules)
+        string(REPLACE "," ";" skip_modules "${skip_modules}")
+        list(TRANSFORM skip_modules STRIP)
+        list(TRANSFORM skip_modules PREPEND "-")
+
+        qt_ir_get_option_value(module-subset existing_subset)
+        if(NOT existing_subset)
+            set(existing_subset "default")
+        endif()
+
+        list(APPEND skip_modules "${existing_subset}")
+        list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES skip_modules)
+        list(JOIN skip_modules "," merged_subset)
+
+        qt_ir_set_option_value(module-subset "${merged_subset}")
+        message(DEBUG "Preprocessed -skip option: module-subset is now: ${merged_subset}")
+    endif()
+
     # -init_submodules implies --force
     qt_ir_set_option_value(force TRUE)
 
diff --git a/cmake/QtIROptionsHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtIROptionsHelpers.cmake
index aa88b026..2b3ff1c4 100644
--- a/cmake/QtIROptionsHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtIROptionsHelpers.cmake
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ macro(qt_ir_set_known_command_line_options)
     qt_ir_commandline_option(init-submodules TYPE boolean)
     # We alias qtbase's submodules option to init-repository module-subset.
     qt_ir_commandline_option(submodules ALIAS module-subset TYPE string)
+    qt_ir_commandline_option(skip TYPE addString)
 
     set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY _qt_ir_known_command_line_options "${commandline_known_options}")
 endmacro()