diff --git a/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt b/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt
index 9f660264f98..a1f39037f22 100644
--- a/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ else()
     COMMAND Qt5::lconvert -drop-translations -o ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/locale/bitcoin_en.xlf -i ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/locale/bitcoin_en.ts
     COMMAND ${SED_EXECUTABLE} -i.old -e "s|source-language=\"en\" target-language=\"en\"|source-language=\"en\"|" -e "/<target xml:space=\"preserve\"><\\/target>/d" ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/locale/bitcoin_en.xlf
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E rm ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/locale/bitcoin_en.xlf.old
+    DEPENDS ${translatable_sources}
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src
     VERBATIM
   )