diff --git a/src/platform/qt/updater.qrc.in b/src/platform/qt/updater.qrc.in
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+<RCC>
+	<qresource>
+		<file alias="updater">${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../updater-stub${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}</file>
+	</qresource>
+</RCC>