diff --git a/cli/CMakeLists.txt b/cli/CMakeLists.txt
index 3dc4daa..620d839 100644
--- a/cli/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cli/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use_cpp_utilities()
 
 # find qtutilities
 find_package(qtutilities 5.0.0 REQUIRED)
-use_qt_utilities()
+list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${QT_UTILITIES_MODULE_DIRS})
 
 # find backend libraries
 find_package(syncthingconnector ${META_APP_VERSION} REQUIRED)