diff --git a/cmake/PythonMacros.cmake b/cmake/PythonMacros.cmake
index 79e3cdb484d..858ad9690e5 100644
--- a/cmake/PythonMacros.cmake
+++ b/cmake/PythonMacros.cmake
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #
 # This file defines the following macros:
 #
-# PYTHON_INSTALL (SOURCE_FILE DESINATION_DIR)
+# PYTHON_INSTALL (SOURCE_FILE DESTINATION_DIR)
 #     Install the SOURCE_FILE, which is a Python .py file, into the
 #     destination directory during install. The file will be byte compiled
 #     and both the .py file and .pyc file will be installed.
diff --git a/python/CMakeLists.txt b/python/CMakeLists.txt
index 39ee235ebb0..abf65105486 100644
--- a/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ ENDIF (WITH_INTERNAL_SPATIALITE)
 
 SET (CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${QGIS_PYTHON_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY})
 SET (CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${QGIS_PYTHON_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY})
-file(COPY __init__.py utils.py console.py DESTINATION ${QGIS_PYTHON_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY})
-
 
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(
     ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_PATH}
@@ -90,11 +88,19 @@ FILE(GLOB sip_files_analysis analysis/*.sip)
 SET(SIP_EXTRA_FILES_DEPEND ${sip_files_core} ${sip_files_analysis})
 ADD_SIP_PYTHON_MODULE(qgis.analysis analysis/analysis.sip qgis_core qgis_analysis)
 
-
 SET (QGIS_PYTHON_DIR ${PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES_DIR}/qgis)
 
 ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(compile_python_files ALL)
 
+FOREACH(file __init__.py utils.py console.py)
+  ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(TARGET compile_python_files
+         POST_BUILD
+         COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${file} ${QGIS_PYTHON_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}
+         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+	 DEPENDS ${file}
+  )
+ENDFOREACH(file)
+
 PYTHON_INSTALL(__init__.py ${QGIS_PYTHON_DIR})
 PYTHON_INSTALL(utils.py    ${QGIS_PYTHON_DIR})
 PYTHON_INSTALL(console.py  ${QGIS_PYTHON_DIR})