diff --git a/cmake/QtAutoDetect.cmake b/cmake/QtAutoDetect.cmake
index 5663c5ef191..683978a65aa 100644
--- a/cmake/QtAutoDetect.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtAutoDetect.cmake
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ function(qt_internal_get_xcode_version out_var)
                         OUTPUT_VARIABLE xcode_version
                         ERROR_VARIABLE xcrun_error)
         if(NOT xcode_version)
-            message(FATAL_ERROR "Can't determine Xcode version. Error: ${xcrun_error}")
+            message(WARNING "Can't determine Xcode version. Error: ${xcrun_error}")
         endif()
         string(REPLACE "\n" " " xcode_version "${xcode_version}")
         string(STRIP "${xcode_version}" xcode_version)