diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ad802cbead..3bc0f64a98 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1115,6 +1115,10 @@ ws_find_package(Systemd BUILD_sdjournal HAVE_SYSTEMD)
 
 # Build the Qt GUI?
 if(BUILD_wireshark)
+	set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
+	set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC ON)
+	set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)
+
 	# Untested, may not work if CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH gets overwritten
 	# somewhere. The if WIN32 in this place is annoying as well.
 	if(WIN32)
diff --git a/ui/qt/CMakeLists.txt b/ui/qt/CMakeLists.txt
index ff0efeae16..cd36913f10 100644
--- a/ui/qt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ui/qt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -631,10 +631,6 @@ include_directories(
 	${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
 )
 
-set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC TRUE)
-set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC TRUE)
-set(CMAKE_AUTORCC TRUE)
-
 if(NOT Qt5Widgets_VERSION VERSION_LESS "5.9")
 	# Drop the file modification time of source files from generated files
 	# to help with reproducible builds. We do not use QFileInfo.lastModified