diff --git a/src/GUI/CMakeLists.txt b/src/GUI/CMakeLists.txt
index 793af5395..531223902 100644
--- a/src/GUI/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/GUI/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ if (HAVE_QT)
     set_property(TARGET fglauncher PROPERTY AUTOMOC ON)
     target_link_libraries(fglauncher Qt5::Core Qt5::Widgets Qt5::Network Qt5::Qml Qt5::Quick Qt5::Svg SimGearCore)
     target_include_directories(fglauncher PRIVATE ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/src/GUI)
+    add_dependencies(fglauncher fgfs_qm_files)
 
     add_library(fgqmlui QQuickDrawable.cxx
                         QQuickDrawable.hxx                    
@@ -161,6 +162,8 @@ if (HAVE_QT)
     set_property(TARGET fgqmlui PROPERTY AUTOMOC ON)
     target_link_libraries(fgqmlui Qt5::Quick Qt5::Network Qt5::Qml SimGearCore)
     target_include_directories(fgqmlui PRIVATE ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/src/GUI)
+    add_dependencies(fgqmlui fgfs_qm_files)
+
 endif()
 
 
diff --git a/src/Main/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Main/CMakeLists.txt
index 8b3082215..61602970a 100644
--- a/src/Main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ add_executable(fgfs
 )
 
 add_dependencies(fgfs buildId)
+# explicitly disable automoc for main fgfs target
+set_property(TARGET fgfs PROPERTY AUTOMOC OFF)
 
 # MacOSX bundle packaging
 if(APPLE)