diff --git a/app_templates/cpp/CMake/cmake_qt5-qml2/CMakeLists.txt b/app_templates/cpp/CMake/cmake_qt5-qml2/CMakeLists.txt
index a57a5570ce..c52d0fb282 100644
--- a/app_templates/cpp/CMake/cmake_qt5-qml2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/app_templates/cpp/CMake/cmake_qt5-qml2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
 
 find_package(Qt5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Gui Qml)
 
-qt5_add_resources(%{APPNAMELC}_SRCS resources.qrc)
-add_executable(%{APPNAMELC} src/main.cpp ${%{APPNAMELC}_SRCS})
-target_link_libraries(%{APPNAMELC} Qt5::Qml Qt5::Gui)
+set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
+
+add_subdirectory(src)
diff --git a/app_templates/cpp/CMake/cmake_qt5-qml2/src/CMakeLists.txt b/app_templates/cpp/CMake/cmake_qt5-qml2/src/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f37755a526
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app_templates/cpp/CMake/cmake_qt5-qml2/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+qt5_add_resources(%{APPNAMELC}_SRCS resources.qrc)
+add_executable(%{APPNAMELC} main.cpp ${%{APPNAMELC}_SRCS})
+target_link_libraries(%{APPNAMELC} Qt5::Qml Qt5::Gui)
+
diff --git a/app_templates/cpp/CMake/cmake_qt5-qml2/resources.qrc b/app_templates/cpp/CMake/cmake_qt5-qml2/src/resources.qrc
similarity index 66%
rename from app_templates/cpp/CMake/cmake_qt5-qml2/resources.qrc
rename to app_templates/cpp/CMake/cmake_qt5-qml2/src/resources.qrc
index f058a3386f..7c75584cd7 100644
--- a/app_templates/cpp/CMake/cmake_qt5-qml2/resources.qrc
+++ b/app_templates/cpp/CMake/cmake_qt5-qml2/src/resources.qrc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!DOCTYPE RCC><RCC version="1.0">
  <qresource>
-    <file>src/qml/main.qml</file>
+    <file>qml/main.qml</file>
  </qresource>
 </RCC>