diff --git a/i18n/CMakeLists.txt b/i18n/CMakeLists.txt
index 1aa23217d96..d1eff5aca13 100644
--- a/i18n/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/i18n/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,12 +27,15 @@ set(TS_FILES qgis_ar.ts qgis_az.ts qgis_bg.ts qgis_bs.ts qgis_ca.ts qgis_cs.ts q
 
 ADD_TRANSLATION_FILES (QM_FILES ${TS_FILES})
 
+# TODO QGIS 4.0: remove configure and call directly script
+configure_file(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/ts2appinfo.py.in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/ts2appinfo.py)
+
 if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND PYQT_FOUND)
   add_custom_command(
     OUTPUT ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/org.qgis.qgis.desktop ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/org.qgis.qgis.appdata.xml
     WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
     COMMAND ${Python_EXECUTABLE}
-    ARGS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/ts2appinfo.py "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}"
+    ARGS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/ts2appinfo.py "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}"
     COMMENT "Updating appinfo files..."
     DEPENDS ${QM_FILES} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/linux/org.qgis.qgis.desktop.in ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/linux/org.qgis.qgis.appdata.xml.in
   )
diff --git a/scripts/ts2appinfo.py b/scripts/ts2appinfo.py.in
similarity index 97%
rename from scripts/ts2appinfo.py
rename to scripts/ts2appinfo.py.in
index ad602a9c4ff..92018f59912 100644
--- a/scripts/ts2appinfo.py
+++ b/scripts/ts2appinfo.py.in
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import sys
 import os
 from glob import glob
 from xml.etree import ElementTree as et
-from PyQt5.QtCore import QCoreApplication, QTranslator
+from PyQt@PYQT_VERSION_MAJOR@.QtCore import QCoreApplication, QTranslator
 
 strings = {}