diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 41ef5aeb4..0712ad2ba 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1163,6 +1163,8 @@ if $build_mkvtoolnix_gui
   qrc = [ "src/mkvtoolnix-gui/qt_resources.qrc" ]
   qrc << "lib/QDarkStyleSheet/qdarkstyle/style.qrc" if $building_for[:windows]
 
+  add_qrc_dependencies(*qrc)
+
   file "src/mkvtoolnix-gui/qt_resources.cpp" => qrc, &qrc_compiler
 
   Application.new("src/mkvtoolnix-gui/mkvtoolnix-gui").
diff --git a/rake.d/helpers.rb b/rake.d/helpers.rb
index fde8267f9..2d57c0580 100644
--- a/rake.d/helpers.rb
+++ b/rake.d/helpers.rb
@@ -287,6 +287,19 @@ def update_version_number_include
   end
 end
 
+def add_qrc_dependencies *qrcs
+  qrc_content = read_files(*qrcs)
+  qrc_content.each do |file_name, content|
+    dir          = file_name.gsub(%r{[^/]+$}, '')
+    dependencies = content.
+      join('').
+      scan(%r{<file[^>]*>([^<]+)}).
+      map { |matches| dir + matches[0] }
+
+    file file_name => dependencies
+  end
+end
+
 class Rake::Task
   def mo_all_prerequisites
     todo   = [name]