diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d675d7597..39a6998b0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1421,9 +1421,9 @@ if(LINUX AND LSB_RELEASE_EXEC AND DPKG_BUILDPACKAGE)
 endif()
 
 if(HAVE_TRANSLATIONS)
-  file(GLOB_RECURSE ts_files src/translations/*.ts)
+  qt_add_lupdate(strawberry TS_FILES "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/translations/strawberry_en_US.ts" OPTIONS -locations none -no-ui-lines -no-obsolete)
+  file(GLOB_RECURSE ts_files ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/translations/*.ts)
   set_source_files_properties(${ts_files} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_LOCATION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/data")
-  qt_add_lupdate(strawberry TS_FILES src/translations/strawberry_en_US.ts OPTIONS -no-ui-lines -locations none -no-obsolete)
   qt_add_lrelease(strawberry TS_FILES ${ts_files} QM_FILES_OUTPUT_VARIABLE INSTALL_TRANSLATIONS_FILES)
   if(NOT INSTALL_TRANSLATIONS)
     qt_add_resources(strawberry "translations" PREFIX "/i18n" BASE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/data" FILES "${INSTALL_TRANSLATIONS_FILES}")