diff --git a/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake b/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
index d88cff2fc66..4351c897f7c 100644
--- a/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
@@ -1155,3 +1155,49 @@ function(qtc_glob_resources)
   string(APPEND qrcData "</qresource></RCC>")
   file(WRITE "${_arg_QRC_FILE}" "${qrcData}")
 endfunction()
+
+function(qtc_copy_to_builddir custom_target_name)
+  cmake_parse_arguments(_arg "CREATE_SUBDIRS" "DESTINATION" "FILES;DIRECTORIES" ${ARGN})
+  set(timestampFiles)
+
+  qtc_output_binary_dir(_output_binary_dir)
+
+  foreach(srcFile ${_arg_FILES})
+    string(MAKE_C_IDENTIFIER "${srcFile}" destinationTimestampFilePart)
+    set(destinationTimestampFileName "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/.${destinationTimestampFilePart}_timestamp")
+    list(APPEND timestampFiles "${destinationTimestampFileName}")
+
+    add_custom_command(OUTPUT "${destinationTimestampFileName}"
+      COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E make_directory "${_output_binary_dir}/${_arg_DESTINATION}"
+      COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E copy "${srcFile}" "${_output_binary_dir}/${_arg_DESTINATION}"
+      COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E touch "${destinationTimestampFileName}"
+      WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
+      COMMENT "Copy ${srcFile} into build directory"
+      DEPENDS "${srcFile}"
+      VERBATIM
+    )
+  endforeach()
+
+  foreach(srcDirectory ${_arg_DIRECTORIES})
+    string(MAKE_C_IDENTIFIER "${srcDirectory}" destinationTimestampFilePart)
+    set(destinationTimestampFileName "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/.${destinationTimestampFilePart}_timestamp")
+    list(APPEND timestampFiles "${destinationTimestampFileName}")
+    set(destinationDirectory "${_output_binary_dir}/${_arg_DESTINATION}")
+
+    if(_arg_CREATE_SUBDIRS)
+      set(destinationDirectory "${destinationDirectory}/${srcDirectory}")
+    endif()
+
+    file(GLOB_RECURSE filesToCopy "${srcDirectory}/*")
+    add_custom_command(OUTPUT "${destinationTimestampFileName}"
+      COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E copy_directory "${srcDirectory}" "${destinationDirectory}"
+      COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E touch "${destinationTimestampFileName}"
+      WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
+      COMMENT "Copy ${srcDirectory}/ into build directory"
+      DEPENDS ${filesToCopy}
+      VERBATIM
+    )
+  endforeach()
+
+  add_custom_target("${custom_target_name}" ALL DEPENDS ${timestampFiles})
+endfunction()
diff --git a/share/qtcreator/CMakeLists.txt b/share/qtcreator/CMakeLists.txt
index 303fb9c7d0b..622761f4d8a 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/share/qtcreator/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,21 +20,12 @@ if (APPLE)
   set(resource_directories ${resource_directories} scripts)
 endif()
 
-add_custom_target(copy_share_to_builddir ALL
-  COMMENT Copy files into build directory
-  VERBATIM
-)
-
 # copy resource directories during build
-foreach(dir IN ITEMS ${resource_directories})
-  add_custom_command(TARGET copy_share_to_builddir POST_BUILD
-    COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E copy_directory "${dir}"
-      "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${IDE_DATA_PATH}/${dir}"
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
-    COMMENT Copy resource directories into build directory
-    VERBATIM
-  )
-endforeach()
+qtc_copy_to_builddir(copy_share_to_builddir
+  DIRECTORIES ${resource_directories}
+  DESTINATION "${IDE_DATA_PATH}"
+  CREATE_SUBDIRS
+)
 
 # create install rule for resource directories
 install(DIRECTORY ${resource_directories} DESTINATION "${IDE_DATA_PATH}")
diff --git a/src/libs/3rdparty/syntax-highlighting/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libs/3rdparty/syntax-highlighting/CMakeLists.txt
index 1304c1a004c..ca0a0391060 100644
--- a/src/libs/3rdparty/syntax-highlighting/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libs/3rdparty/syntax-highlighting/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,11 +37,8 @@ install(
   DESTINATION "${IDE_DATA_PATH}/generic-highlighter/"
 )
 
-add_custom_target(copy_generic_highligher_to_builddir ALL VERBATIM)
-add_custom_command(TARGET copy_generic_highligher_to_builddir POST_BUILD
-  COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E copy_directory data/syntax
-    "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${IDE_DATA_PATH}/generic-highlighter/syntax"
-  WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
-  COMMENT Copy files into build directory
-  VERBATIM
+# copy resource directories during build
+qtc_copy_to_builddir(copy_generic_highligher_to_builddir
+  DIRECTORIES data/syntax
+  DESTINATION "${IDE_DATA_PATH}/generic-highlighter/syntax"
 )
diff --git a/src/libs/clangsupport/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libs/clangsupport/CMakeLists.txt
index 20af2c1b9d2..d1f38507cb9 100644
--- a/src/libs/clangsupport/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libs/clangsupport/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -147,32 +147,18 @@ if (NOT TARGET libclang)
   return()
 endif()
 
-add_custom_target(copy_clang_to_builddir ALL
-  COMMENT Copy Clang files into build directory
-)
-
 # For the developer build directory
-add_custom_command(TARGET copy_clang_to_builddir POST_BUILD
-  COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
-    -E copy_directory
-      "${LLVM_LIBRARY_DIR}/clang/${CLANG_VERSION}/include"
-      "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${IDE_LIBEXEC_PATH}/clang/lib/clang/${CLANG_VERSION}/include"
-  VERBATIM
+qtc_copy_to_builddir(copy_clang_to_builddir
+  DIRECTORIES "${LLVM_LIBRARY_DIR}/clang/${CLANG_VERSION}/include"
+  DESTINATION "${IDE_LIBEXEC_PATH}/clang/lib/clang/${CLANG_VERSION}/include"
 )
 
 foreach(executable clang clang-cl clangd clang-tidy clazy-standalone)
   if (EXISTS "${LLVM_TOOLS_BINARY_DIR}/${executable}${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}")
-    add_custom_command(TARGET copy_clang_to_builddir PRE_BUILD
-      COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
-        -E make_directory
-          "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${IDE_LIBEXEC_PATH}/clang/bin/"
-      COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
-        -E copy
-          "${LLVM_TOOLS_BINARY_DIR}/${executable}${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}"
-          "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${IDE_LIBEXEC_PATH}/clang/bin/"
-      VERBATIM
+    qtc_copy_to_builddir(copy_clang_${executable}_to_builddir
+      FILES "${LLVM_TOOLS_BINARY_DIR}/${executable}${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}"
+      DESTINATION "${IDE_LIBEXEC_PATH}/clang/bin/"
     )
-
     # For the install directory
     install(PROGRAMS
       "${LLVM_TOOLS_BINARY_DIR}/${executable}${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}"
diff --git a/src/share/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt b/src/share/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
index ede2157426e..2168701e06f 100644
--- a/src/share/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/share/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,11 +3,7 @@ install(
   DESTINATION "${IDE_DATA_PATH}"
 )
 
-add_custom_target(copy_fonts_to_builddir ALL VERBATIM)
-add_custom_command(TARGET copy_fonts_to_builddir POST_BUILD
-  COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E copy_directory fonts
-    "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${IDE_DATA_PATH}/fonts"
-  WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
-  COMMENT Copy files into build directory
-  VERBATIM
+qtc_copy_to_builddir(copy_fonts_to_builddir
+	DIRECTORIES fonts
+	DESTINATION "${IDE_DATA_PATH}/fonts"
 )