diff --git a/CMakeModules/SetupFGFSEmbeddedResources.cmake b/CMakeModules/SetupFGFSEmbeddedResources.cmake
index df0c81530..18af97687 100644
--- a/CMakeModules/SetupFGFSEmbeddedResources.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/SetupFGFSEmbeddedResources.cmake
@@ -25,12 +25,4 @@ function(setup_fgfs_embedded_resources)
           "Either MSVC_3RDPARTY_ROOT or MSVC_3RDPARTY_DIR is empty or unset")
       endif()
     endif()
-
-    add_custom_command(
-      OUTPUT ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/EmbeddedResources/FlightGear-resources.cxx
-             ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/EmbeddedResources/FlightGear-resources.hxx
-      COMMAND fgrcc --root=${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} --output-cpp-file=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/EmbeddedResources/FlightGear-resources.cxx --init-func-name=initFlightGearEmbeddedResources --output-header-file=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/EmbeddedResources/FlightGear-resources.hxx --output-header-identifier=_FG_FLIGHTGEAR_EMBEDDED_RESOURCES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/EmbeddedResources/FlightGear-resources.xml
-      DEPENDS
-        fgrcc ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/EmbeddedResources/FlightGear-resources.xml
-    )
 endfunction()
diff --git a/src/EmbeddedResources/CMakeLists.txt b/src/EmbeddedResources/CMakeLists.txt
index 662623a0e..d72d9629b 100644
--- a/src/EmbeddedResources/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/EmbeddedResources/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,18 @@
 add_executable(fgrcc fgrcc.cxx fgrcc.hxx)
 target_link_libraries(fgrcc SimGearCore ${PLATFORM_LIBS})
+
+add_custom_target(
+    embeddedresources
+    COMMAND
+      fgrcc --root=${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
+            --output-cpp-file=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/EmbeddedResources/FlightGear-resources.cxx
+            --init-func-name=initFlightGearEmbeddedResources
+            --output-header-file=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/EmbeddedResources/FlightGear-resources.hxx
+            --output-header-identifier=_FG_FLIGHTGEAR_EMBEDDED_RESOURCES
+            ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/EmbeddedResources/FlightGear-resources.xml
+    BYPRODUCTS
+      ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/EmbeddedResources/FlightGear-resources.cxx
+      ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/EmbeddedResources/FlightGear-resources.hxx
+    DEPENDS
+      fgrcc ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/EmbeddedResources/FlightGear-resources.xml
+)
diff --git a/src/Main/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Main/CMakeLists.txt
index 61602970a..391446f73 100644
--- a/src/Main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ get_property(FG_HEADERS GLOBAL PROPERTY FG_HEADERS)
 get_property(EMBEDDED_RESOURCE_SOURCES GLOBAL PROPERTY EMBEDDED_RESOURCE_SOURCES)
 get_property(EMBEDDED_RESOURCE_HEADERS GLOBAL PROPERTY EMBEDDED_RESOURCE_HEADERS)
 
+set_source_files_properties(${EMBEDDED_RESOURCE_SOURCES} PROPERTIES GENERATED TRUE)
+set_source_files_properties(${EMBEDDED_RESOURCE_HEADERS} PROPERTIES GENERATED TRUE)
+
 # important we pass WIN32 here so the console is optional. Other
 # platforms ignore this option. If a console is needed we allocate
 # it manually via AllocConsole()
@@ -87,7 +90,7 @@ add_executable(fgfs
     ${EMBEDDED_RESOURCE_HEADERS}
 )
 
-add_dependencies(fgfs buildId)
+add_dependencies(fgfs buildId embeddedresources)
 # explicitly disable automoc for main fgfs target
 set_property(TARGET fgfs PROPERTY AUTOMOC OFF)
 
diff --git a/test_suite/CMakeLists.txt b/test_suite/CMakeLists.txt
index 859820812..89ce2d831 100644
--- a/test_suite/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test_suite/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ get_property(FG_HEADERS GLOBAL PROPERTY FG_HEADERS)
 get_property(EMBEDDED_RESOURCE_SOURCES GLOBAL PROPERTY EMBEDDED_RESOURCE_SOURCES)
 get_property(EMBEDDED_RESOURCE_HEADERS GLOBAL PROPERTY EMBEDDED_RESOURCE_HEADERS)
 
+set_source_files_properties(${EMBEDDED_RESOURCE_SOURCES} PROPERTIES GENERATED TRUE)
+set_source_files_properties(${EMBEDDED_RESOURCE_HEADERS} PROPERTIES GENERATED TRUE)
+
 # Set up the separate executable for running the test suite.
 add_executable(fgfs_test_suite
     ${FG_SOURCES}
@@ -125,7 +128,8 @@ add_executable(fgfs_test_suite
     ${TESTSUITE_SOURCES}
     ${TESTSUITE_HEADERS}
 )
-add_dependencies(fgfs_test_suite buildId)
+
+add_dependencies(fgfs_test_suite buildId embeddedresources)
 set_target_properties(fgfs_test_suite
     PROPERTIES
     RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${TESTSUITE_OUTPUT_DIR}"