diff --git a/cmake/QtSeparateDebugInfo.cmake b/cmake/QtSeparateDebugInfo.cmake
index 77d3a428252..b557240362b 100644
--- a/cmake/QtSeparateDebugInfo.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtSeparateDebugInfo.cmake
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ function(qt_enable_separate_debug_info target installDestination)
         if(QNX)
             set(debug_info_suffix sym)
             set(debug_info_keep --keep-file-symbols)
-            set(strip_args "--strip-debug -R.ident")
+            set(strip_args --strip-debug -R.ident)
         else()
             set(debug_info_suffix debug)
             set(debug_info_keep --only-keep-debug)