diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmlprojectmanager/fileformat/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/auto/qml/qmlprojectmanager/fileformat/CMakeLists.txt
index 71de6011898..98d3b389862 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qml/qmlprojectmanager/fileformat/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmlprojectmanager/fileformat/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+if (NOT TARGET QmlProjectManager)
+  return()
+endif()
+
 get_target_property(QmlProjectManagerSources QmlProjectManager SOURCES)
 foreach(source IN LISTS QmlProjectManagerSources)
   if (source MATCHES "fileformat")