diff --git a/data/CMakeLists.txt b/data/CMakeLists.txt
index 0878237..c23437e 100644
--- a/data/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/data/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,51 +1,47 @@
 # generate PHP definitions
 macro(generate_php_syntax_definition targetFile srcFile)
     add_custom_command(
         OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${targetFile}
         COMMAND ${PERL_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/generators/generate-php.pl < ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/syntax/${srcFile} > ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${targetFile}
         DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/generators/generate-php.pl ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/syntax/${srcFile}
     )
 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)
 
 # find all definitions
 file(GLOB src_defs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/syntax/*.xml")
 set(defs
     ${src_defs}
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/html-php.xml
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/css-php.xml
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/javascript-php.xml
 )
 
 # generate the resource file
 set(qrc_file ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/syntax-data.qrc)
-file(REMOVE ${qrc_file})
-file(APPEND ${qrc_file} "<!DOCTYPE RCC>\n")
-file(APPEND ${qrc_file} "<RCC version=\"1.0\">\n")
-file(APPEND ${qrc_file} "<qresource prefix=\"/org.kde.syntax-highlighting/syntax\">\n")
+set(qrc_body "")
 foreach(def ${defs})
     get_filename_component(def_name ${def} NAME)
-    file(APPEND ${qrc_file} "<file alias=\"${def_name}\">${def}</file>\n")
+    string(APPEND qrc_body "<file alias=\"${def_name}\">${def}</file>\n")
 endforeach()
-file(APPEND ${qrc_file} "<file alias=\"index.katesyntax\">${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/index.katesyntax</file>\n")
-file(APPEND ${qrc_file} "</qresource>\n")
-file(APPEND ${qrc_file} "</RCC>\n")
+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
 )
 
 # dummy static lib to make cross-folder dependencies work
 add_library(SyntaxHighlightingData STATIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/qrc_syntax-data.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(SyntaxHighlightingData LINK_PRIVATE Qt5::Core)
diff --git a/data/syntax-data.qrc.in b/data/syntax-data.qrc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..352d3f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/syntax-data.qrc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<!DOCTYPE RCC>
+<RCC version="1.0">
+<qresource prefix="/org.kde.syntax-highlighting/syntax">
+<file alias="index.katesyntax">@CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR@/index.katesyntax</file>
+@SYNTAX_DATA_QRC_FILES_STRING@
+</qresource>
+</RCC>