diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/CMakeLists.txt b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/CMakeLists.txt
index 5b74a77a59..a8fc4c5886 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -180,7 +180,10 @@ if(HAS_MEMORY_BREAKPOINTS)
 endif()
 
 if(WIN32)
-    target_sources(rpcs3_ui PUBLIC "../windows.qrc")
+    target_sources(rpcs3_ui PRIVATE "../windows.qrc")
+    set_source_files_properties("../windows.qrc" PROPERTIES 
+        RCC_OPTIONS "--include;${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../qt/etc/qt.conf"
+    )
     target_compile_definitions(rpcs3_ui PRIVATE UNICODE _UNICODE)
 endif()