diff --git a/gui/CMakeLists.txt b/gui/CMakeLists.txt
index 50980bfb262..2acb07f03c0 100644
--- a/gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ CheckOptions:
     file(GLOB tss  "*.ts")
     QT_WRAP_UI(uis_hdrs ${uis})
     QT_ADD_RESOURCES(resources "gui.qrc")
-    # TODO: passing "-no-obsolete" here breaks the translations
-    QT_CREATE_TRANSLATION(qms ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${tss})
-    list(APPEND cppcheck-gui-deps ${hdrs} ${uis_hdrs} ${resources} ${qms})
+    list(APPEND cppcheck-gui-deps ${hdrs} ${uis_hdrs} ${resources})
     add_custom_target(gui-build-deps SOURCES ${cppcheck-gui-deps})
 
     list(APPEND cppcheck-gui_SOURCES ${srcs})
@@ -27,6 +25,10 @@ CheckOptions:
 
     add_executable(cppcheck-gui ${cppcheck-gui-deps} ${cppcheck-gui_SOURCES})
     target_link_libraries(cppcheck-gui cppcheck-core simplecpp tinyxml2 picojson frontend)
+    qt_add_translations(cppcheck-gui
+      TS_FILES ${tss}
+      QM_FILES_OUTPUT_VARIABLE qms)
+    add_dependencies(cppcheck-gui release_translations)
 
     set_target_properties(cppcheck-gui PROPERTIES AUTOMOC ON)
     set_target_properties(cppcheck-gui PROPERTIES WIN32_EXECUTABLE ON)
diff --git a/gui/readme.txt b/gui/readme.txt
index 2137c6d174d..5983fe3658f 100644
--- a/gui/readme.txt
+++ b/gui/readme.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,11 @@ has several options to select tests etc. You can get the help by running
 Translations
 ------------
 The GUI is translated to several languages. Qt comes with two tools to update
-and compile the translations. lupdate updates translations files from the code
-and lrelease compiles translation files use with the executable.
-
-The translations are automatically updated and compiled within CMake.
\ No newline at end of file
+and compile the translations.
+
+1. lupdate updates translations files from the code.
+   Updating the translation files from the code is a separate step: run
+     "lupdate gui.pro"
+   in the gui directory.
+2. lrelease compiles translation files use with the executable.
+   The translations are automatically compiled within CMake.