diff --git a/src/corelib/global/global.pri b/src/corelib/global/global.pri
index a4d132a4f44..029357ff43e 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/global.pri
+++ b/src/corelib/global/global.pri
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ qtPrepareTool(QMAKE_QFLOAT16_TABLES, qfloat16-tables)
 
 qfloat16_tables.commands = $$QMAKE_QFLOAT16_TABLES ${QMAKE_FILE_OUT}
 qfloat16_tables.output = global/qfloat16tables.cpp
-qfloat16_tables.depends = $$QMAKE_QFLOAT16_TABLES
+qfloat16_tables.depends = $$QMAKE_QFLOAT16_TABLES_EXE
 qfloat16_tables.input = QMAKE_QFLOAT16_TABLES_GENERATE
 qfloat16_tables.variable_out = SOURCES
 QMAKE_EXTRA_COMPILERS += qfloat16_tables