diff --git a/qgroundcontrol.pro b/qgroundcontrol.pro
index 393fa25dc1fad977d1e87b1498bfa204fa35db1f..99a7e3278cd60980a7ae0504a6d35d90ad7a8c16 100644
--- a/qgroundcontrol.pro
+++ b/qgroundcontrol.pro
@@ -272,6 +272,9 @@ CustomBuild {
         RESOURCES += $$PWD/qgcresources.qrc
     }
 } else {
+    DEFINES += QGC_APPLICATION_NAME=\"\\\"QGroundControl\\\"\"
+    DEFINES += QGC_ORG_NAME=\"\\\"QGroundControl.org\\\"\"
+    DEFINES += QGC_ORG_DOMAIN=\"\\\"org.qgroundcontrol\\\"\"
     RESOURCES += \
         $$PWD/qgroundcontrol.qrc \
         $$PWD/qgcresources.qrc
diff --git a/src/QGCConfig.h b/src/QGCConfig.h
index 4c32051dbdcccbb4ee69967a88d54f1d653d3dff..be09b2ea97210fb6b5eb46c00b3df4981cba5c5b 100644
--- a/src/QGCConfig.h
+++ b/src/QGCConfig.h
@@ -12,8 +12,4 @@
 // up by 1. This will caused store settings to be cleared on next boot.
 #define QGC_SETTINGS_VERSION 7
 
-#define QGC_APPLICATION_NAME "QGroundControl"
-#define QGC_ORG_NAME "QGroundControl.org"
-#define QGC_ORG_DOMAIN "org.qgroundcontrol"
-
 #endif // QGC_CONFIGURATION_H