diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b95c09f54..bf37768a2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ add_custom_target (ctags COMMAND ${CTAGS} -o ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tags -R ${sourc
 add_custom_target (etags COMMAND ${ETAGS} -o ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/TAGS -R ${sources})
 
 
-# Qt i18n
+# Qt i18n - always include the country generic if any regional variant is included
 set (LANGUAGES
   en				# English (we need this to stop
 				# translation loaders loading the
@@ -1108,13 +1108,11 @@ set (LANGUAGES
   zh_HK				# Chinese per Hong Kong
   )
 foreach (lang_ ${LANGUAGES})
-  file (TO_NATIVE_PATH translations/wsjtx_${lang_}.ts ts_)
-  list (APPEND TS_FILES ${ts_})
-  set (qt_translations_ "${QT_TRANSLATIONS_DIR}/qtbase_${lang_}.qm")
-  if (NOT EXISTS "${qt_translations_}")
-    string (REGEX REPLACE "([a-z][a-z])_[A-Z][A-Z]" "\\1" lang_ ${lang_})
-    set (qt_translations_ "${QT_TRANSLATIONS_DIR}/qtbase_${lang_}.qm")
+  file (TO_NATIVE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/translations/wsjtx_${lang_}.ts ts_)
+  if (EXISTS "${ts_}")
+    list (APPEND TS_FILES ${ts_})
   endif ()
+  set (qt_translations_ "${QT_TRANSLATIONS_DIR}/qtbase_${lang_}.qm")
   if (EXISTS "${qt_translations_}")
     add_custom_command (
       OUTPUT "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/qt_${lang_}.qm"