diff --git a/cmake/CopyBaseTranslations.cmake b/cmake/CopyBaseTranslations.cmake
index 73acb49e3a..b81077ebbf 100644
--- a/cmake/CopyBaseTranslations.cmake
+++ b/cmake/CopyBaseTranslations.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 function(copy_base_translations target)
+  get_target_property(LCONVERT_EXE Qt6::lconvert IMPORTED_LOCATION)
+  get_filename_component(QT_BINARY_DIRECTORY "${LCONVERT_EXE}" DIRECTORY)
   set(BASE_TRANSLATIONS_DIR "${QT_BINARY_DIRECTORY}/../translations")
 
   if(NOT APPLE)