diff --git a/kde-modules/KDECMakeSettings.cmake b/kde-modules/KDECMakeSettings.cmake
--- a/kde-modules/KDECMakeSettings.cmake
+++ b/kde-modules/KDECMakeSettings.cmake
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@
     add_custom_command(
         OUTPUT "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/releaseme"
         ${releaseme_clone_commands}
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}"
         COMMENT "Fetching releaseme scripts to download translations..."
     )