diff --git a/src/Build/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Build/CMakeLists.txt
index 615cdea573..4739ffb090 100644
--- a/src/Build/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Build/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,19 +10,17 @@ if (NOT EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Version.h)
                 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Version.h.in)
 
     add_custom_command(
-        OUTPUT  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Version.h
+        OUTPUT version_file
+        BYPRODUCTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Version.h
+        COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/Tools/SubWCRev.py
+            --srcdir=${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} --bindir=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
         COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Version.h.out
             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Version.h
         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
-        DEPENDS version_check)
+        DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Version.h.in)
+    set_source_files_properties(version_file PROPERTIES SYMBOLIC true)
 
-    add_custom_command(
-        OUTPUT  version_check
-        COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/Tools/SubWCRev.py
-        --srcdir=${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} --bindir=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
-        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
-
-    ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(fc_version DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Version.h)
+    ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(fc_version DEPENDS version_file ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Version.h)
 
 else (NOT EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Version.h)