diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f920c843d..575d146de 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,14 +8,6 @@ set (CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/CMake/Modules)
 
 include (${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/CMake/VersionCompute.cmake)
 
-# creates svnversion.h using cmake script
-add_custom_target (revisiontag
-  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -D SOURCE_DIR=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} -D OUTPUT_DIR=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR} -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/CMake/getsvn.cmake
-  COMMENT "Generating Subversion revision information"
-  VERBATIM
-  )
-include_directories ("${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}")
-
 
 #
 # Options & features
@@ -645,10 +637,17 @@ add_custom_target (uninstall
   "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -P "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake_uninstall.cmake")
 
 
+# creates svnversion.h using cmake script
+add_custom_target (revisiontag
+  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -D SOURCE_DIR=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} -D OUTPUT_DIR=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR} -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/CMake/getsvn.cmake
+  COMMENT "Generating Subversion revision information"
+  VERBATIM
+  )
 # explicitly say that the executable depends on custom target, this is
 # done indirectly so that the revisiontag target gets built exactly
 # once per build
 add_dependencies(wsjt revisiontag)
+add_dependencies(wsjt_qt revisiontag)
 add_dependencies(jt9 revisiontag)
 add_dependencies(wsjtx revisiontag)
 
@@ -660,6 +659,7 @@ configure_file (
   "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/wsjtx_config.h.in"
   "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/wsjtx_config.h"
   )
+include_directories ("${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}")
 
 
 if (NOT WIN32 AND NOT APPLE)
diff --git a/ConfigTest.cpp b/ConfigTest.cpp
index 1d596c861..ea3fbedb5 100644
--- a/ConfigTest.cpp
+++ b/ConfigTest.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QDebug>
 
+#include "svnversion.h"
+
 #include "GetUserId.hpp"
 #include "TraceFile.hpp"
 #include "TestConfiguration.hpp"
diff --git a/TestConfiguration.cpp b/TestConfiguration.cpp
index da41cbd27..150f289bd 100644
--- a/TestConfiguration.cpp
+++ b/TestConfiguration.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QSortFilterProxyModel>
 
+#include "svnversion.h"
+
 #include "Bands.hpp"
 #include "FrequencyList.hpp"
 #include "Configuration.hpp"
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 6e5c2cb70..5eaa1f5bd 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QStandardPaths>
 
+#include "svnversion.h"
+
 #include "SettingsGroup.hpp"
 #include "TraceFile.hpp"
 #include "mainwindow.h"
diff --git a/mainwindow.cpp b/mainwindow.cpp
index ba6a362e2..630e77472 100644
--- a/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #include <QtConcurrent/QtConcurrentRun>
 #endif
 
+#include "svnversion.h"
+
 #include "soundout.h"
 #include "plotter.h"
 #include "about.h"
diff --git a/svnversion.h b/svnversion.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c68c6b102
--- /dev/null
+++ b/svnversion.h
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/* empty file for qmake compatibility with CMake which generates one
+   of these in the build tree that gets picked up in preference */