diff --git a/src/GUI/CMakeLists.txt b/src/GUI/CMakeLists.txt
index b8eb51e5e..57cfc2d5b 100644
--- a/src/GUI/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/GUI/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ 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                    
@@ -166,7 +165,11 @@ if (HAVE_QT)
     set_property(TARGET fgqmlui PROPERTY AUTOMOC ON)
     target_link_libraries(fgqmlui Qt5::Quick Qt5::Widgets Qt5::Network Qt5::Qml SimGearCore)
     target_include_directories(fgqmlui PRIVATE ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/src/GUI)
-    add_dependencies(fgqmlui fgfs_qm_files)
+
+    if (TARGET fgfs_qm_files)
+      add_dependencies(fglauncher fgfs_qm_files)
+      add_dependencies(fgqmlui fgfs_qm_files)
+    endif()
 
 endif()