cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8) project(test_add_resources_delayed_file) find_package(Qt5Core REQUIRED) include_directories(${Qt5Core_INCLUDE_DIRS}) add_definitions(${Qt5Core_DEFINITIONS}) qt5_add_resources(rcc_files "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_add_resources_delayed_file.qrc") file(WRITE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_add_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_resources_delayed_file main.cpp ${rcc_files}) target_link_libraries(test_add_resources_delayed_file ${Qt5Core_LIBRARIES})