diff --git a/src/share/3rdparty/package-manager/auto-setup.cmake b/src/share/3rdparty/package-manager/auto-setup.cmake
index 601d95f9dd0..e1f1dcb2663 100644
--- a/src/share/3rdparty/package-manager/auto-setup.cmake
+++ b/src/share/3rdparty/package-manager/auto-setup.cmake
@@ -33,18 +33,20 @@ macro(qtc_auto_setup_conan)
 
     # Get conan from Qt SDK
     set(qt_creator_ini "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../QtProject/QtCreator.ini")
-    file(STRINGS ${qt_creator_ini} install_settings REGEX "^InstallSettings=.*$")
-    if (install_settings)
-      string(REPLACE "InstallSettings=" "" install_settings "${install_settings}")
-      set(qt_creator_ini "${install_settings}/QtProject/QtCreator.ini")
-      file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "${qt_creator_ini}" qt_creator_ini)
-    endif()
+    if (EXISTS ${qt_creator_ini})
+      file(STRINGS ${qt_creator_ini} install_settings REGEX "^InstallSettings=.*$")
+      if (install_settings)
+        string(REPLACE "InstallSettings=" "" install_settings "${install_settings}")
+        set(qt_creator_ini "${install_settings}/QtProject/QtCreator.ini")
+        file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "${qt_creator_ini}" qt_creator_ini)
+      endif()
 
-    file(STRINGS ${qt_creator_ini} conan_executable REGEX "^ConanFilePath=.*$")
-    if (conan_executable)
-      string(REPLACE "ConanFilePath=" "" conan_executable "${conan_executable}")
-      file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "${conan_executable}" conan_executable)
-      get_filename_component(conan_path "${conan_executable}" DIRECTORY)
+      file(STRINGS ${qt_creator_ini} conan_executable REGEX "^ConanFilePath=.*$")
+      if (conan_executable)
+        string(REPLACE "ConanFilePath=" "" conan_executable "${conan_executable}")
+        file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "${conan_executable}" conan_executable)
+        get_filename_component(conan_path "${conan_executable}" DIRECTORY)
+      endif()
     endif()
 
     set(path_sepparator ":")