diff --git a/python/CMakeLists.txt b/python/CMakeLists.txt
index 9102270d994..5e25a62d78a 100644
--- a/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -328,14 +328,13 @@ FOREACH(module ${PY_MODULES})
   ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(py${module} ALL)
   ADD_DEPENDENCIES(py${module} python_module_qgis__${module})
 
-
   # concat auto_additions/*.py in _module_/__init__.py
   FILE(GLOB PY_FILES_AUTO_ADDITIONS RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${module}/auto_additions/*.py)
+  CONFIGURE_FILE(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${module}/__init__.py.in ${QGIS_PYTHON_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/${module}/__init__.py COPYONLY)
   FOREACH(pyfile ${PY_FILES_AUTO_ADDITIONS})
-    file(READ ${IN_FILE} CONTENTS)
-    file(APPEND ${OUT_FILE} "${CONTENTS}")
+    file(READ ${pyfile} CONTENTS)
+    file(APPEND ${QGIS_PYTHON_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/${module}/__init__.py "${CONTENTS}")
   ENDFOREACH(pyfile)
-  configure_file(somefile.sql.in somefile.sql COPYONLY)
 
   FILE(GLOB PY_FILES RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${module}/*.py)
   INSTALL(FILES ${PY_FILES} DESTINATION "${QGIS_PYTHON_DIR}/${module}")