diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c6d102ba7..6628d1961 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(generate_translations_header
   BINARY_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/translations"
   STAMP_DIR ${LRELEASE_PATH}
   CMAKE_ARGS -DLRELEASE_PATH=${LRELEASE_PATH}
-  INSTALL_COMMAND cmake -E echo "")
+  INSTALL_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo "")
 include_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/translations")
 add_subdirectory(external)