diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
 endif()
 
 install(EXPORT KF5DocToolsTargets DESTINATION "${CMAKECONFIG_INSTALL_DIR}" FILE KF5DocToolsTargets.cmake NAMESPACE KF5:: )
+install(EXPORT KF5DocToolsToolsTargets DESTINATION "${CMAKECONFIG_INSTALL_DIR}" FILE KF5DocToolsToolsTargets.cmake NAMESPACE KF5:: )
 
 if (BUILD_QCH)
     ecm_install_qch_export(
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/KF5DocToolsMacros.cmake ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cmake/KF5DocToolsMacros.cmake COPYONLY)
 # we need a separate copy with local pathes for install autotests
 export(EXPORT KF5DocToolsTargets FILE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cmake/KF5DocToolsTargets.cmake NAMESPACE KF5::)
+export(EXPORT KF5DocToolsToolsTargets FILE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cmake/KF5DocToolsToolsTargets.cmake NAMESPACE KF5::)
 
 install(FILES
   "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cmake/KF5DocToolsConfig.cmake"
diff --git a/KF5DocToolsConfig.cmake.in b/KF5DocToolsConfig.cmake.in
--- a/KF5DocToolsConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/KF5DocToolsConfig.cmake.in
@@ -7,19 +7,27 @@
 
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/KF5DocToolsTargets.cmake")
 
-if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING AND MEINPROC5_EXECUTABLE)
-    set_target_properties(KF5::meinproc5 PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION_NONE ${MEINPROC5_EXECUTABLE})
-    set_target_properties(KF5::meinproc5 PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${MEINPROC5_EXECUTABLE})
-endif()
-
-if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING AND DOCBOOKL10NHELPER_EXECUTABLE)
-    set_target_properties(KF5::docbookl10nhelper PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION_NONE ${DOCBOOKL10NHELPER_EXECUTABLE})
-    set_target_properties(KF5::docbookl10nhelper PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${DOCBOOKL10NHELPER_EXECUTABLE})
-endif()
-
-if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING AND CHECKXML5_EXECUTABLE)
-    set_target_properties(KF5::checkXML5 PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION_NONE ${CHECKXML5_EXECUTABLE})
-    set_target_properties(KF5::checkXML5 PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${CHECKXML5_EXECUTABLE})
+    if (CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING AND KF5_HOST_TOOLING)
+    find_file(KDOCTOOLS_TARGETSFILE KF5DocTools/KF5DocToolsToolsTargets.cmake PATHS ${KF5_HOST_TOOLING} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+    include("${KDOCTOOLS_TARGETSFILE}")
+else()
+    include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/KF5DocToolsToolsTargets.cmake")
+
+    # TODO KF6: deprecated, remove the below
+    if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING AND MEINPROC5_EXECUTABLE)
+        set_target_properties(KF5::meinproc5 PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION_NONE ${MEINPROC5_EXECUTABLE})
+        set_target_properties(KF5::meinproc5 PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${MEINPROC5_EXECUTABLE})
+    endif()
+
+    if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING AND DOCBOOKL10NHELPER_EXECUTABLE)
+        set_target_properties(KF5::docbookl10nhelper PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION_NONE ${DOCBOOKL10NHELPER_EXECUTABLE})
+        set_target_properties(KF5::docbookl10nhelper PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${DOCBOOKL10NHELPER_EXECUTABLE})
+    endif()
+
+    if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING AND CHECKXML5_EXECUTABLE)
+        set_target_properties(KF5::checkXML5 PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION_NONE ${CHECKXML5_EXECUTABLE})
+        set_target_properties(KF5::checkXML5 PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${CHECKXML5_EXECUTABLE})
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/KF5DocToolsMacros.cmake)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 ecm_mark_nongui_executable(meinproc5)
 target_link_libraries(meinproc5 Qt5::Core ${LIBXML2_LIBRARIES} ${LIBXSLT_LIBRARIES} ${LIBXSLT_EXSLT_LIBRARIES} ${meinproc_additional_LIBS})
 target_compile_definitions(meinproc5 PRIVATE -DKDOCTOOLS_EXPORT=)
-install(TARGETS meinproc5 EXPORT KF5DocToolsTargets ${KF5_INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS})
+install(TARGETS meinproc5 EXPORT KF5DocToolsToolsTargets ${KF5_INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS})
 
 if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING AND MEINPROC5_EXECUTABLE)
     add_executable(KF5::meinproc5 IMPORTED GLOBAL)
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
 ecm_mark_nongui_executable( docbookl10nhelper )
 target_link_libraries( docbookl10nhelper Qt5::Core )
 if(INSTALL_INTERNAL_TOOLS)
-    install(TARGETS docbookl10nhelper EXPORT KF5DocToolsTargets ${KF5_INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS})
+    install(TARGETS docbookl10nhelper EXPORT KF5DocToolsToolsTargets ${KF5_INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS})
 endif()
 
 if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING AND DOCBOOKL10NHELPER_EXECUTABLE)
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
 add_executable( checkXML5 ${checkXML5_SRCS} )
 ecm_mark_nongui_executable( checkXML5 )
 target_link_libraries( checkXML5 Qt5::Core )
-install(TARGETS checkXML5 EXPORT KF5DocToolsTargets ${KF5_INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS})
+install(TARGETS checkXML5 EXPORT KF5DocToolsToolsTargets ${KF5_INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS})
 
 if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING AND CHECKXML5_EXECUTABLE)
     add_executable(KF5::checkXML5 IMPORTED GLOBAL)