diff --git a/i18n/CMakeLists.txt b/i18n/CMakeLists.txt
index b212484a16c..c1ef505c006 100644
--- a/i18n/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/i18n/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-find_package(Qt5 COMPONENTS LinguistTools REQUIRED)
-set(QT_LRELEASE_EXECUTABLE Qt5::lrelease)
+find_package(${QT_VERSION_BASE} COMPONENTS LinguistTools REQUIRED)
+set(QT_LRELEASE_EXECUTABLE ${QT_VERSION_BASE}::lrelease)
 
 macro(ADD_TRANSLATION_FILES _sources )
     foreach (_current_FILE ${ARGN})
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ endmacro(ADD_TRANSLATION_FILES)
 # make sure the output directory exists
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${QGIS_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/i18n)
 
+
 set(TS_FILES qgis_ar.ts qgis_bg.ts qgis_bs.ts qgis_ca.ts qgis_cs.ts qgis_da.ts qgis_de.ts qgis_el.ts qgis_es.ts qgis_et.ts qgis_eu.ts qgis_fi.ts qgis_fr.ts qgis_gl.ts qgis_hu.ts qgis_is.ts qgis_it.ts qgis_ja.ts qgis_ko.ts qgis_ky.ts qgis_lt.ts qgis_lv.ts qgis_nb.ts qgis_nl.ts qgis_pl.ts qgis_pt_BR.ts qgis_pt_PT.ts qgis_ro.ts qgis_ru.ts qgis_sc.ts qgis_sv.ts qgis_uk.ts qgis_vi.ts qgis_zh-Hans.ts qgis_zh-Hant.ts)
 
 ADD_TRANSLATION_FILES (QM_FILES ${TS_FILES})