diff --git a/cmake/Modules/QbtTargetSources.cmake b/cmake/Modules/QbtTargetSources.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ced0e4b58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/Modules/QbtTargetSources.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# a helper function which appends source to the main qBt target
+# the target name is read from QBT_TARGET_NAME variable
+# sources file names are relative to the the ${qbt_executable_SOURCE_DIR}
+
+function (qbt_target_sources)
+    set (_sources_rel "")
+    foreach (_source IN ITEMS ${ARGN})
+        if (IS_ABSOLUTE "${_source}")
+            set(source_abs "${_source}")
+        else()
+            get_filename_component(_source_abs "${_source}" ABSOLUTE)
+        endif()
+        file (RELATIVE_PATH _source_rel "${qbt_executable_SOURCE_DIR}" "${_source_abs}")
+        list (APPEND _sources_rel "${_source_rel}")
+    endforeach()
+    target_sources (${QBT_TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE "${_sources_rel}")
+endfunction (qbt_target_sources)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 15ebe5068..49afb2e19 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD "11")
 add_definitions(-DBOOST_NO_CXX11_RVALUE_REFERENCES)
 
 include(MacroLinkQtComponents)
+include(QbtTargetSources)
 
 find_package(LibtorrentRasterbar REQUIRED)
 include_directories(SYSTEM ${LibtorrentRasterbar_INCLUDE_DIRS})
@@ -88,8 +89,12 @@ set(QBT_USES_QT5 ${QT5})
 
 configure_file(config.h.cmakein ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/config.h)
 
+if (GUI)
+    set(QBT_TARGET_NAME qbittorrent)
+else (GUI)
+    set(QBT_TARGET_NAME qbittorrent-nox)
+endif (GUI)
 
-add_subdirectory(base)
 
 if (SYSTEM_QTSINGLEAPPLICATION)
     find_package(QtSingleApplication REQUIRED)
@@ -98,6 +103,9 @@ else (SYSTEM_QTSINGLEAPPLICATION)
     include_directories(app/qtsingleapplication)
 endif (SYSTEM_QTSINGLEAPPLICATION)
 
+add_subdirectory(app)
+add_subdirectory(base)
+
 if (GUI)
     add_subdirectory(gui)
 endif (GUI)
@@ -106,4 +114,3 @@ if (WEBUI)
     add_subdirectory(webui)
 endif (WEBUI)
 
-add_subdirectory(app)
diff --git a/src/app/CMakeLists.txt b/src/app/CMakeLists.txt
index ff903ba05..0a2e4a954 100644
--- a/src/app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+project(qbt_executable)
 include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 
 set(QBT_APP_HEADERS
@@ -86,13 +87,10 @@ list(APPEND QBT_APP_HEADERS upgrade.h)
 list(APPEND QBT_TARGET_LIBRARIES qbt_base)
 
 if (GUI)
-    set(QBT_TARGET_NAME qbittorrent)
     list(APPEND QBT_TARGET_LIBRARIES qbt_searchengine qbt_gui)
     include_directories(../gui
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../gui
     )
-else (GUI)
-    set(QBT_TARGET_NAME qbittorrent-nox)
 endif (GUI)
 
 if (WEBUI)
@@ -152,6 +150,7 @@ add_executable(${QBT_TARGET_NAME} ${QBT_APP_HEADERS} ${QBT_APP_SOURCES} ${QBT_QM
 set_target_properties(${QBT_TARGET_NAME}
     PROPERTIES
         AUTOUIC True
+        AUTORCC True
         MACOSX_BUNDLE True
 )
 
diff --git a/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt
index 1457eab29..0223b5eda 100644
--- a/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ add_subdirectory(properties)
 add_subdirectory(powermanagement)
 add_subdirectory(rss)
 add_subdirectory(search)
+
 if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND DBUS)
    add_subdirectory(qtnotify)
    include_directories(qtnotify)
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ options.ui
 torrentcreatordlg.ui
 )
 
-set(QBT_GUI_RESOURCES about.qrc)
+qbt_target_sources(about.qrc)
 
-add_library(qbt_gui STATIC ${QBT_GUI_HEADERS} ${QBT_GUI_SOURCES} ${QBT_GUI_RESOURCES})
+add_library(qbt_gui STATIC ${QBT_GUI_HEADERS} ${QBT_GUI_SOURCES})
 target_link_libraries(qbt_gui qbt_lineedit qbt_powermanagement qbt_rss qbt_properties qbt_searchengine ${QBT_GUI_OPTIONAL_LINK_LIBRARIES} qbt_base)
diff --git a/src/gui/lineedit/CMakeLists.txt b/src/gui/lineedit/CMakeLists.txt
index 8887b855f..ced27991e 100644
--- a/src/gui/lineedit/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/gui/lineedit/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ set(QBT_LINEEDIT_RESOURCES
 resources/lineeditimages.qrc
 )
 
-add_library(qbt_lineedit STATIC ${QBT_LINEEDIT_SOURCES} ${QBT_LINEEDIT_HEADERS} ${QBT_LINEEDIT_RESOURCES})
+add_library(qbt_lineedit STATIC ${QBT_LINEEDIT_SOURCES} ${QBT_LINEEDIT_HEADERS})
 if (QT4_FOUND)
     target_link_libraries(qbt_lineedit Qt4::QtGui)
 else (QT4_FOUND)
     target_link_libraries(qbt_lineedit Qt5::Widgets)
 endif (QT4_FOUND)
+
+qbt_target_sources(${QBT_LINEEDIT_RESOURCES})
diff --git a/src/webui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/webui/CMakeLists.txt
index 7f282884d..d3b5670f9 100644
--- a/src/webui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/webui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@ if (QT4_FOUND)
     endif(NOT SYSTEM_QJSON)
 endif (QT4_FOUND)
 
-set(QBT_WEBUI_RESOURCES webui.qrc)
-add_library(qbt_webui STATIC ${QBT_WEBUI_HEADERS} ${QBT_WEBUI_SOURCES} ${QBT_WEBUI_RESOURCES})
+qbt_target_sources(webui.qrc)
+
+add_library(qbt_webui STATIC ${QBT_WEBUI_HEADERS} ${QBT_WEBUI_SOURCES})
 target_link_libraries(qbt_webui qbt_base)
 
 if (QT4_FOUND)
-	target_link_libraries(qbt_webui qjson)
+    target_link_libraries(qbt_webui qjson)
 endif (QT4_FOUND)