diff --git a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
index 73a2db1b25f..96b25b4ad97 100644
--- a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ function(qt6_add_big_resources outfiles )
         set(outfile ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/qrc_${outfilename}.o)
 
         _qt6_parse_qrc_file(${infile} _out_depends _rc_depends)
-        set_source_files_properties(${infile} PROPERTIES SKIP_AUTORCC ON)
+        set_source_files_properties(${infile} PROPERTIES SKIP_AUTOGEN ON)
         add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${tmpoutfile}
                            COMMAND ${QT_CMAKE_EXPORT_NAMESPACE}::rcc ${rcc_options} --name ${outfilename} --pass 1 --output ${tmpoutfile} ${infile}
                            DEPENDS ${infile} ${_rc_depends} "${out_depends}" ${QT_CMAKE_EXPORT_NAMESPACE}::rcc
diff --git a/tests/auto/cmake/test_add_big_resource/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/auto/cmake/test_add_big_resource/CMakeLists.txt
index f9014aac061..49abde6650e 100644
--- a/tests/auto/cmake/test_add_big_resource/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/auto/cmake/test_add_big_resource/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14)
 
 project(test_add_big_resource)
 
+# Make sure that AUTOMOC does not interfere with qt_add_big_resources
+set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
+
 find_package(Qt6Core REQUIRED)
 
 qt_wrap_cpp(moc_files myobject.h)