diff --git a/Applications/DataExplorer/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/DataExplorer/CMakeLists.txt
index 931bc8fc7f5b4eb6961101a935fad1b5ed2f849e..7c13d24f4e9b26400a8b1ced4fc0e62597f9a32c 100644
--- a/Applications/DataExplorer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/DataExplorer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ include_directories(
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/NetCdfDialog/NetCdfDialogLib_autogen/include
 )
 
+set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC TRUE)
+set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC TRUE)
+set(CMAKE_AUTORCC TRUE)
+
 # Add subprojects
 add_subdirectory(Base)
 add_subdirectory(DataView/StratView)
diff --git a/Applications/Utils/OGSFileConverter/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/Utils/OGSFileConverter/CMakeLists.txt
index 13c0c664e62cf035a662366a287c7f46e62d84a7..15ec84709ea3e051c2cfa803cdf1fba774f4a568 100644
--- a/Applications/Utils/OGSFileConverter/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/Utils/OGSFileConverter/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,13 +11,9 @@ include_directories(
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/OGSFileConverterLib_autogen/include
 )
 
-file(GLOB_RECURSE UIS *.ui)
-source_group("UI Files" FILES ${UIS})
-
 add_library(OGSFileConverterLib
     ${SOURCES}
     ${HEADERS}
-    ${UIS}
 )
 target_link_libraries(OGSFileConverterLib
     PUBLIC QtBase MathLib
@@ -31,7 +27,12 @@ target_link_libraries(OGSFileConverter
     ApplicationsFileIO
 )
 
-set_property(TARGET OGSFileConverter PROPERTY FOLDER "Utilities")
+set_target_properties(OGSFileConverter OGSFileConverterLib
+    PROPERTIES
+    FOLDER "Utilities"
+    AUTOMOC ON
+    AUTOUIC ON
+)
 
 if(OGS_USE_PCH)
     cotire(OGSFileConverter)
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/Find.cmake b/scripts/cmake/Find.cmake
index 6530e929ff7ce5f103c77846db3b3922d4fe64da..9c1491e33ad39fff9d499a1e0266ce9e26eeac5e 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/Find.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/Find.cmake
@@ -103,9 +103,6 @@ if(OGS_BUILD_GUI)
     endif()
     find_package(Qt5 5.2 REQUIRED ${QT_MODULES})
     cmake_policy(SET CMP0020 NEW)
-    set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC TRUE)
-    set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC TRUE)
-    set(CMAKE_AUTORCC TRUE)
     if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
         find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
         pkg_check_modules(QT_XML_DEPS REQUIRED Xml)