diff --git a/Modules/FindQt4.cmake b/Modules/FindQt4.cmake
index 92203c437..6b3e04f6e 100644
--- a/Modules/FindQt4.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindQt4.cmake
@@ -868,10 +868,10 @@ IF (QT4_QMAKE_FOUND)
       SET(outfile ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/qrc_${outfilename}.cxx)
       #  parse file for dependencies
       FILE(READ "${infile}" _RC_FILE_CONTENTS)
-      STRING(REGEX MATCHALL "<file[^<]*" _RC_FILES "${_RC_FILE_CONTENTS}")
+      STRING(REGEX MATCHALL "<file[^<]*>" _RC_FILES "${_RC_FILE_CONTENTS}")
       SET(_RC_DEPENDS)
       FOREACH(_RC_FILE ${_RC_FILES})
-        STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^<file" "" _RC_FILE "${_RC_FILE}")
+        STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^<file[^<]*>"" "" _RC_FILE "${_RC_FILE}")
         SET(_RC_DEPENDS ${_RC_DEPENDS} "${rc_path}/${_RC_FILE}")
       ENDFOREACH(_RC_FILE)
       ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(OUTPUT ${outfile}