diff --git a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/CMakeLists.txt
index 2b2f9ced3b8..ffc82ce26ed 100644
--- a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ add_qtc_plugin(MesonProjectManager
   mesontools.h
   ninjaparser.cpp
   ninjaparser.h
-  resources_meson.qrc
   settings.cpp
   settings.h
   target.h
@@ -51,6 +50,15 @@ add_qtc_plugin(MesonProjectManager
   toolssettingspage.h
 )
 
+qtc_add_resources(MesonProjectManager "images"
+  PREFIX "/mesonproject"
+  BASE "."
+  FILES
+    icons/meson_logo.png
+    icons/meson_bw_logo.png
+    icons/meson_bw_logo@2x.png
+)
+
 file(RELATIVE_PATH RELATIVE_TEST_PATH "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}")
 file(RELATIVE_PATH TEST_RELATIVE_LIBEXEC_PATH "/${RELATIVE_TEST_PATH}" "/${IDE_LIBEXEC_PATH}")
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/mesonprojectmanager.qbs b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/mesonprojectmanager.qbs
index 2f4e23aedc5..4a24b70ed9b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/mesonprojectmanager.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/mesonprojectmanager.qbs
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ Project {
             "ninjaparser.h",
             "mesonprojectnodes.cpp",
             "mesonprojectnodes.h",
-            "resources_meson.qrc",
             "settings.cpp",
             "settings.h",
             "toolkitaspectwidget.cpp",
@@ -65,6 +64,19 @@ Project {
             "toolssettingspage.cpp",
             "toolssettingspage.h",
         ]
+
+        Group {
+            name: "images"
+            prefix: "icons/"
+            files: [
+                "meson_logo.png",
+                "meson_bw_logo.png",
+                "meson_bw_logo@2x.png",
+            ]
+            fileTags: "qt.core.resource_data"
+            Qt.core.resourcePrefix: "/mesonproject"
+            Qt.core.resourceSourceBase: sourceDirectory
+        }
     }
 
     QtcAutotest {
diff --git a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/resources_meson.qrc b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/resources_meson.qrc
deleted file mode 100644
index eb7fd47f0de..00000000000
--- a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/resources_meson.qrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<RCC>
-    <qresource prefix="/mesonproject">
-        <file>icons/meson_logo.png</file>
-        <file>icons/meson_bw_logo.png</file>
-        <file>icons/meson_bw_logo@2x.png</file>
-    </qresource>
-</RCC>