diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/generatecmakelists.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/generatecmakelists.cpp
index 1dc5cd1bc81..d4758619ccd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/generatecmakelists.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/generatecmakelists.cpp
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ void generateModuleCmake(const FilePath &dir, const QString &uri)
     QString moduleUri = uri.isEmpty() ?
                 dir.fileName() :
                 uri;
-    QString moduleName = QString(moduleUri).remove('.');
+    QString moduleName = QString(moduleUri).replace('.', '_');
     moduleNames.append(moduleName);
 
     QString fileContent;