diff --git a/data/CMakeLists.txt b/data/CMakeLists.txt
index 72edf37..b650eba 100644
--- a/data/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/data/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,68 +1,71 @@
 # generate PHP definitions
 macro(generate_php_syntax_definition targetFile srcFile)
     execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/generated/syntax)
     execute_process(COMMAND ${PERL_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/generators/generate-php.pl
         INPUT_FILE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/syntax/${srcFile}
         OUTPUT_FILE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/generated/syntax/${targetFile})
 endmacro()
 
 generate_php_syntax_definition(javascript-php.xml javascript.xml)
 generate_php_syntax_definition(css-php.xml css.xml)
 generate_php_syntax_definition(html-php.xml html.xml)
 generate_php_syntax_definition(javascript-react-php.xml javascript-react.xml)
 generate_php_syntax_definition(typescript-php.xml typescript.xml)
 generate_php_syntax_definition(mustache-php.xml mustache.xml)
 
 # find all definitions
 file(GLOB src_defs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/syntax/*.xml")
 set(defs
     ${src_defs}
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/generated/syntax/html-php.xml
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/generated/syntax/css-php.xml
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/generated/syntax/javascript-php.xml
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/generated/syntax/javascript-react-php.xml
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/generated/syntax/typescript-php.xml
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/generated/syntax/mustache-php.xml
 )
 
 # theme data resource
 qt5_add_resources(themes_QRC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/themes/theme-data.qrc)
 
 # do we want syntax files bundled in the library?
 if (QRC_SYNTAX)
     # generate the resource file
     set(qrc_file ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/syntax-data.qrc)
     set(qrc_body "")
     foreach(def ${defs})
         get_filename_component(def_name ${def} NAME)
         string(APPEND qrc_body "<file alias=\"${def_name}\">${def}</file>\n")
     endforeach()
     set(SYNTAX_DATA_QRC_FILES_STRING ${qrc_body})
     configure_file(syntax-data.qrc.in ${qrc_file} @ONLY)
 
     # generate the index file
     add_custom_command(OUTPUT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/index.katesyntax"
     COMMAND katehighlightingindexer "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/index.katesyntax" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/schema/language.xsd" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/syntax-data.qrc"
     DEPENDS ${defs} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/schema/language.xsd ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/syntax-data.qrc
     )
 
     # generate the qrc file manually, to make dependencies on generated files work...
     add_custom_command(OUTPUT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/qrc_syntax-data.cpp"
         COMMAND ${Qt5Core_RCC_EXECUTABLE} --name syntax_data -o "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/qrc_syntax-data.cpp" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/syntax-data.qrc"
         DEPENDS ${defs} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/index.katesyntax
     )
     set_source_files_properties("${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/qrc_syntax-data.cpp" PROPERTIES SKIP_AUTOMOC ON)
 
     # object library to make cross-folder dependencies work, themes + syntax files
     add_library(SyntaxHighlightingData OBJECT ${themes_QRC} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/qrc_syntax-data.cpp)
 else()
     # install the syntax files as normal files into the prefix
     install (FILES ${defs} DESTINATION share/org.kde.syntax-highlighting/syntax)
 
     # object library to make cross-folder dependencies work, only themes
     add_library(SyntaxHighlightingData OBJECT ${themes_QRC})
 endif()
 
 # set PIC to allow use in static and shared libs
+# this needs some more recent CMake than generally required
 set_property(TARGET SyntaxHighlightingData PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE 1)
-target_link_libraries(SyntaxHighlightingData PRIVATE Qt5::Core)
+if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "3.13.0")
+    target_link_libraries(SyntaxHighlightingData PRIVATE Qt5::Core)
+endif()