diff --git a/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt b/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt
index ecb0b8e2f3e..b92c8f0b116 100644
--- a/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ qt_internal_extend_target(Core
     SOURCES ${core_version_tagging_files}
 )
 
-if(GCC OR CLANG)
+if((GCC OR CLANG) AND NOT MSVC)
     # qglobal.cpp has #include moc_qnamespace.cpp, so increase the template
     # depth for it due to the size of the Qt namespace
     set_source_files_properties(global/qglobal.cpp PROPERTIES