diff --git a/src/citra_qt/CMakeLists.txt b/src/citra_qt/CMakeLists.txt
index 839156723..4c20b510b 100644
--- a/src/citra_qt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/citra_qt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -225,10 +225,13 @@ if (ENABLE_QT_TRANSLATION)
     if (GENERATE_QT_TRANSLATION)
         get_target_property(QT_SRCS citra_qt SOURCES)
         get_target_property(QT_INCLUDES citra_qt INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
-        qt_add_lupdate(citra_qt TS_FILES ${CITRA_QT_LANGUAGES}/en.ts
+        qt_add_lupdate(
+            LUPDATE_TARGET citra_qt_lupdate
             SOURCES ${QT_SRCS} ${UIS}
+            TS_FILES ${CITRA_QT_LANGUAGES}/en.ts
             INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${QT_INCLUDES}
-            NO_GLOBAL_TARGET)
+            NO_GLOBAL_TARGET
+        )
         add_custom_target(translation ALL DEPENDS citra_qt_lupdate)
     endif()