cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8) project(test_add_binary_resources_delayed_file) find_package(Qt5Core REQUIRED) include_directories(${Qt5Core_INCLUDE_DIRS}) add_definitions(${Qt5Core_DEFINITIONS}) qt5_add_binary_resources(rcc_file "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_add_binary_resources_delayed_file.qrc" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/existing.qrc") file(WRITE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_add_binary_resources_delayed_file.qrc" " ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/resource_file.txt ") set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${Qt5Core_EXECUTABLE_COMPILE_FLAGS}") add_executable(test_add_binary_resources_delayed_file main.cpp) target_link_libraries(test_add_binary_resources_delayed_file ${Qt5Core_LIBRARIES})