diff --git a/Source/cmQtAutoGenerators.cxx b/Source/cmQtAutoGenerators.cxx
index a8bb317d3..4b8f810e0 100644
--- a/Source/cmQtAutoGenerators.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmQtAutoGenerators.cxx
@@ -392,7 +392,8 @@ void cmQtAutoGenerators::SetupAutoGenerateTarget(cmTarget const* target)
   std::map<std::string, std::string> configUicOptions;
 
   if (target->GetPropertyAsBool("AUTOMOC")
-      || target->GetPropertyAsBool("AUTOUIC"))
+      || target->GetPropertyAsBool("AUTOUIC")
+      || target->GetPropertyAsBool("AUTORCC"))
     {
     this->SetupSourceFiles(target);
     }
diff --git a/Tests/QtAutogen/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/QtAutogen/CMakeLists.txt
index d2116aa92..f9aa309a4 100644
--- a/Tests/QtAutogen/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/QtAutogen/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ else()
 
 endif()
 
+add_executable(rcconly rcconly.cpp second_resource.qrc)
+set_property(TARGET rcconly PROPERTY AUTORCC ON)
+target_link_libraries(rcconly ${QT_QTCORE_TARGET})
 
 include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 
diff --git a/Tests/QtAutogen/rcconly.cpp b/Tests/QtAutogen/rcconly.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..854c4c1bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/QtAutogen/rcconly.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+
+extern int qInitResources_second_resource();
+
+int main(int, char**)
+{
+  // Fails to link if the symbol is not present.
+  qInitResources_second_resource();
+  return 0;
+}