diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b87cf2eb50..8b004b1046 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -90,8 +90,10 @@ CHECK_INCLUDE_FILES(locale.h LMMS_HAVE_LOCALE_H)
 # check for Qt4
 FIND_PACKAGE(Qt4 REQUIRED)
 SET(QT_USE_QTXML 1)
-STRING(REGEX REPLACE "[^/]+$" "translations/" QT_TRANSLATIONS_DIR "${QT_MKSPECS_DIR}")
+EXEC_PROGRAM(${QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE} ARGS "-query QT_INSTALL_DATA" OUTPUT_VARIABLE QT_DATA_DIR)
+SET(QT_TRANSLATIONS_DIR "${QT_DATA_DIR}/translations/")
 IF(EXISTS "${QT_TRANSLATIONS_DIR}")
+	MESSAGE("-- Found Qt translations in ${QT_TRANSLATIONS_DIR}")
 	ADD_DEFINITIONS(-D'QT_TRANSLATIONS_DIR="${QT_TRANSLATIONS_DIR}"')
 ENDIF(EXISTS "${QT_TRANSLATIONS_DIR}")
 IF(NOT WIN32)