diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f40f7de13..c8e29ed7a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -8345,7 +8345,7 @@ fi
 $as_echo "$as_me: Running qmake to generate the makefile..." >&6;}
 CONFDIR="$( cd "$( dirname "$0" )" && pwd )"
 
-$QT_QMAKE -r $CONFDIR/qbittorrent.pro
+$QT_QMAKE -r $CONFDIR/qbittorrent.pro "QMAKE_LRELEASE=$QMAKE_LRELEASE"
 
 ret="$?"
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 172072b5f..1ac057207 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ AS_IF([test "x$enable_systemd" = "xyes"],
 AC_MSG_NOTICE([Running qmake to generate the makefile...])
 CONFDIR="$( cd "$( dirname "$0" )" && pwd )"
 
-$QT_QMAKE -r [$CONFDIR]/qbittorrent.pro
+$QT_QMAKE -r [$CONFDIR]/qbittorrent.pro "QMAKE_LRELEASE=$QMAKE_LRELEASE"
 
 ret="$?"