diff --git a/backends/ui/qt/CMakeLists.txt b/backends/ui/qt/CMakeLists.txt
index 5c1ce93..595fd64 100644
--- a/backends/ui/qt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/backends/ui/qt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ foreach(SRC IN ITEMS ${BACKEND_QT_SRC_BASE})
     set(BACKEND_QT_SRC ${BACKEND_QT_SRC} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${SRC})
 endforeach()
 set(BACKEND_QT_INC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
-set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
 add_ui_backend(qt_ui ${BACKEND_QT_SRC})
+set_target_properties(qt_ui PROPERTIES AUTOMOC ON)
 find_package(Qt6 COMPONENTS Core Gui Widgets)
 target_link_libraries(qt_ui PRIVATE Qt6::Core Qt6::Gui Qt6::Widgets SDL2::SDL2 fmt::fmt liblooper)
 target_include_directories(qt_ui PRIVATE ../../..)