diff --git a/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake b/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
index 9198f0b234d..169d660cea9 100644
--- a/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
@@ -912,6 +912,10 @@ function(qtc_add_resources target resourceName)
     return()
   endif()
 
+  if(NOT TARGET ${target})
+    return()
+  endif()
+
   string(REPLACE "/" "_" resourceName ${resourceName})
   string(REPLACE "." "_" resourceName ${resourceName})