diff --git a/Source/cmQtAutoGenerators.cxx b/Source/cmQtAutoGenerators.cxx
index 758466b2e..cab59fe83 100644
--- a/Source/cmQtAutoGenerators.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmQtAutoGenerators.cxx
@@ -1444,6 +1444,12 @@ void cmQtAutoGenerators::ParseCppFile(const std::string& absFilename,
               << std::endl;
     return;
     }
+  this->ParseForUic(absFilename, contentsString, includedUis);
+  if (this->MocExecutable.empty())
+    {
+    return;
+    }
+
   const std::string absPath = cmsys::SystemTools::GetFilenamePath(
                    cmsys::SystemTools::GetRealPath(absFilename.c_str())) + '/';
   const std::string scannedFileBasename = cmsys::SystemTools::
@@ -1572,7 +1578,6 @@ void cmQtAutoGenerators::ParseCppFile(const std::string& absFilename,
       matchOffset += mocIncludeRegExp.end();
       } while(mocIncludeRegExp.find(contentsString.c_str() + matchOffset));
     }
-  this->ParseForUic(absFilename, contentsString, includedUis);
 
   // In this case, check whether the scanned file itself contains a Q_OBJECT.
   // If this is the case, the moc_foo.cpp should probably be generated from
@@ -1627,6 +1632,12 @@ void cmQtAutoGenerators::StrictParseCppFile(const std::string& absFilename,
               << std::endl;
     return;
     }
+  this->ParseForUic(absFilename, contentsString, includedUis);
+  if (this->MocExecutable.empty())
+    {
+    return;
+    }
+
   const std::string absPath = cmsys::SystemTools::GetFilenamePath(
                    cmsys::SystemTools::GetRealPath(absFilename.c_str())) + '/';
   const std::string scannedFileBasename = cmsys::SystemTools::
@@ -1705,7 +1716,6 @@ void cmQtAutoGenerators::StrictParseCppFile(const std::string& absFilename,
       matchOffset += mocIncludeRegExp.end();
       } while(mocIncludeRegExp.find(contentsString.c_str() + matchOffset));
     }
-  this->ParseForUic(absFilename, contentsString, includedUis);
 
   // In this case, check whether the scanned file itself contains a Q_OBJECT.
   // If this is the case, the moc_foo.cpp should probably be generated from
@@ -1830,7 +1840,8 @@ void cmQtAutoGenerators::ParseHeaders(const std::set<std::string>& absHeaders,
     const std::string& headerName = *hIt;
     const std::string contents = ReadAll(headerName);
 
-    if (includedMocs.find(headerName) == includedMocs.end())
+    if (!this->MocExecutable.empty()
+        && includedMocs.find(headerName) == includedMocs.end())
       {
       if (this->Verbose)
         {
diff --git a/Tests/QtAutogen/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/QtAutogen/CMakeLists.txt
index 7b99395bd..515bf5b09 100644
--- a/Tests/QtAutogen/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/QtAutogen/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ if (QT_TEST_VERSION STREQUAL 4)
   include(UseQt4)
 
   set(QT_QTCORE_TARGET Qt4::QtCore)
+
+  macro(qtx_wrap_cpp)
+    qt4_wrap_cpp(${ARGN})
+  endmacro()
+
 else()
   if (NOT QT_TEST_VERSION STREQUAL 5)
     message(SEND_ERROR "Invalid Qt version specified.")
@@ -25,6 +30,11 @@ else()
   if(Qt5_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE)
     set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
   endif()
+
+  macro(qtx_wrap_cpp)
+    qt5_wrap_cpp(${ARGN})
+  endmacro()
+
 endif()
 
 
@@ -77,3 +87,7 @@ set_target_properties(empty PROPERTIES AUTOMOC TRUE)
 target_link_libraries(empty no_link_language)
 add_library(no_link_language STATIC empty.h)
 set_target_properties(no_link_language PROPERTIES AUTOMOC TRUE)
+
+qtx_wrap_cpp(uicOnlyMoc uiconly.h)
+add_executable(uiconly uiconly.cpp ${uicOnlyMoc})
+target_link_libraries(uiconly ${QT_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/Tests/QtAutogen/uiconly.cpp b/Tests/QtAutogen/uiconly.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cdb33184d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/QtAutogen/uiconly.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+#include "uiconly.h"
+
+UicOnly::UicOnly(QWidget *parent)
+  : QWidget(parent), ui(new Ui::UicOnly)
+{
+
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/Tests/QtAutogen/uiconly.h b/Tests/QtAutogen/uiconly.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e21f82e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/QtAutogen/uiconly.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+
+#ifndef UIC_ONLY_H
+#define UIC_ONLY_H
+
+#include <QWidget>
+#include <memory>
+
+#include "ui_uiconly.h"
+
+class UicOnly : public QWidget
+{
+  Q_OBJECT
+public:
+  explicit UicOnly(QWidget *parent = 0);
+
+private:
+  const std::auto_ptr<Ui::UicOnly> ui;
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/Tests/QtAutogen/uiconly.ui b/Tests/QtAutogen/uiconly.ui
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13fb832eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/QtAutogen/uiconly.ui
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<ui version="4.0">
+ <class>UicOnly</class>
+ <widget class="QWidget" name="UicOnly">
+  <property name="geometry">
+   <rect>
+    <x>0</x>
+    <y>0</y>
+    <width>400</width>
+    <height>300</height>
+   </rect>
+  </property>
+  <property name="windowTitle">
+   <string>Form</string>
+  </property>
+  <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
+   <item>
+    <widget class="QTreeView" name="treeView"/>
+   </item>
+  </layout>
+ </widget>
+ <resources/>
+ <connections/>
+</ui>