diff --git a/src/platform/qt/CMakeLists.txt b/src/platform/qt/CMakeLists.txt
index fdbe4ab9c..9fcb99080 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/platform/qt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ endif()
 
 qt5_add_resources(RESOURCES resources.qrc)
 if(BUILD_UPDATER)
-	configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/updater.qrc.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/updater.qrc)
+	file(GENERATE OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/updater.qrc INPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/updater.qrc.in)
 	qt5_add_resources(UPDATER_RESOURCES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/updater.qrc)
 	list(APPEND RESOURCES ${UPDATER_RESOURCES})
 endif()
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/updater.qrc.in b/src/platform/qt/updater.qrc.in
index edf2cd38e..d8f015ace 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/updater.qrc.in
+++ b/src/platform/qt/updater.qrc.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <RCC>
 	<qresource>
-		<file alias="updater">${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/updater-stub${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}</file>
+		<file alias="updater">$<TARGET_FILE:updater-stub></file>
 	</qresource>
 </RCC>