diff --git a/cmake/DrawpileTranslations.cmake b/cmake/DrawpileTranslations.cmake
index 8bee23c80..e36c43547 100644
--- a/cmake/DrawpileTranslations.cmake
+++ b/cmake/DrawpileTranslations.cmake
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Combines a set of translation files into bundles.
 function(bundle_translations out_files)
 	cmake_parse_arguments(PARSE_ARGV 1 ARG "" "NAME;OUTPUT_LOCATION" "QT;TARGETS")
 
-	find_program(lconvert "lconvert" "lconvert-qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}")
+	find_program(lconvert NAMES "lconvert" "lconvert-qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}" REQUIRED)
 
 	if(NOT ARG_NAME)
 		message(FATAL_ERROR "Missing required NAME for translation bundle")