diff --git a/Source/cmQtAutoGeneratorCommon.cxx b/Source/cmQtAutoGeneratorCommon.cxx
index c42f71d0222dc341df86cbc680ed006cb3b9a44e..5146b1ac32cac979163d25e7f601c89392ca4b7b 100644
--- a/Source/cmQtAutoGeneratorCommon.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmQtAutoGeneratorCommon.cxx
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static bool RccListInputsQt5(const std::string& rccCommand,
 
 // - Class definitions
 
-const char* cmQtAutoGeneratorCommon::listSep = "@list_sep@";
+const char* cmQtAutoGeneratorCommon::listSep = "@LSEP@";
 
 bool cmQtAutoGeneratorCommon::RccListInputs(const std::string& qtMajorVersion,
                                             const std::string& rccCommand,
diff --git a/Source/cmQtAutoGeneratorInitializer.cxx b/Source/cmQtAutoGeneratorInitializer.cxx
index 151f39c7922ebc05c8266b25ebd74df879a07338..0f29e027db9a110beded10bad1a073b282bd5d8f 100644
--- a/Source/cmQtAutoGeneratorInitializer.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmQtAutoGeneratorInitializer.cxx
@@ -489,16 +489,17 @@ static void RccSetupAutoTarget(cmGeneratorTarget const* target,
         _rcc_files.push_back(absFile);
         // qrc file entries
         {
-          std::string entriesList;
+          std::string entriesList = "{";
           if (!cmSystemTools::IsOn(sf->GetPropertyForUser("GENERATED"))) {
             std::vector<std::string> files;
             if (cmQtAutoGeneratorCommon::RccListInputs(
                   qtMajorVersion, rccCommand, absFile, files)) {
-              entriesList = cmJoin(files, cmQtAutoGeneratorCommon::listSep);
+              entriesList += cmJoin(files, cmQtAutoGeneratorCommon::listSep);
             } else {
               return;
             }
           }
+          entriesList += "}";
           _rcc_inputs.push_back(entriesList);
         }
         // rcc options for this qrc file
diff --git a/Source/cmQtAutoGenerators.cxx b/Source/cmQtAutoGenerators.cxx
index bc9c51126eee4995073bcc345d9cde4eb3dd4006..4d14e9989828b05532d4a41c1b99844400d9d106 100644
--- a/Source/cmQtAutoGenerators.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmQtAutoGenerators.cxx
@@ -441,49 +441,53 @@ bool cmQtAutoGenerators::ReadAutogenInfoFile(
   // - Rcc
   if (this->RccEnabled()) {
     InfoGet(makefile, "AM_RCC_SOURCES", this->RccSources);
+    // File options
     {
       std::vector<std::string> rccFilesVec;
       std::vector<std::string> rccOptionsVec;
       InfoGet(makefile, "AM_RCC_OPTIONS_FILES", rccFilesVec);
       InfoGet(makefile, "AM_RCC_OPTIONS_OPTIONS", rccOptionsVec);
       if (rccFilesVec.size() != rccOptionsVec.size()) {
+        for (std::vector<std::string>::iterator
+               fileIt = rccFilesVec.begin(),
+               optionIt = rccOptionsVec.begin();
+             fileIt != rccFilesVec.end(); ++fileIt, ++optionIt) {
+          // Replace item separator
+          cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(*optionIt,
+                                       cmQtAutoGeneratorCommon::listSep, ";");
+          this->RccOptions[*fileIt] = *optionIt;
+        }
+      } else {
         this->LogError(
           "AutoGen: Error: RCC files/options lists size missmatch in: " +
           filename);
         return false;
       }
-      for (std::vector<std::string>::iterator fileIt = rccFilesVec.begin(),
-                                              optionIt = rccOptionsVec.begin();
-           fileIt != rccFilesVec.end(); ++fileIt, ++optionIt) {
-        cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(*optionIt,
-                                     cmQtAutoGeneratorCommon::listSep, ";");
-        this->RccOptions[*fileIt] = *optionIt;
-      }
     }
+    // File lists
     {
       std::vector<std::string> rccInputLists;
       InfoGet(makefile, "AM_RCC_INPUTS", rccInputLists);
-
-      // qrc files in the end of the list may have been empty
-      if (rccInputLists.size() < this->RccSources.size()) {
-        rccInputLists.resize(this->RccSources.size());
-      }
-      if (this->RccSources.size() != rccInputLists.size()) {
+      if (this->RccSources.size() == rccInputLists.size()) {
+        for (std::vector<std::string>::iterator
+               fileIt = this->RccSources.begin(),
+               inputIt = rccInputLists.begin();
+             fileIt != this->RccSources.end(); ++fileIt, ++inputIt) {
+          // Remove braces
+          *inputIt = inputIt->substr(1, inputIt->size() - 2);
+          // Replace item separator
+          cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(*inputIt,
+                                       cmQtAutoGeneratorCommon::listSep, ";");
+          std::vector<std::string> rccInputFiles;
+          cmSystemTools::ExpandListArgument(*inputIt, rccInputFiles);
+          this->RccInputs[*fileIt] = rccInputFiles;
+        }
+      } else {
         this->LogError(
           "AutoGen: Error: RCC sources/inputs lists size missmatch in: " +
           filename);
         return false;
       }
-      for (std::vector<std::string>::iterator
-             fileIt = this->RccSources.begin(),
-             inputIt = rccInputLists.begin();
-           fileIt != this->RccSources.end(); ++fileIt, ++inputIt) {
-        cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(*inputIt,
-                                     cmQtAutoGeneratorCommon::listSep, ";");
-        std::vector<std::string> rccInputFiles;
-        cmSystemTools::ExpandListArgument(*inputIt, rccInputFiles);
-        this->RccInputs[*fileIt] = rccInputFiles;
-      }
     }
   }