diff --git a/Code/Application/CMakeLists.txt b/Code/Application/CMakeLists.txt
index 91d0d4e0b2d776e5a08bc719b25bc16056df0381..6a4b5863a69caf551d7e2bdff3ff68a0f4862923 100644
--- a/Code/Application/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Code/Application/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -61,6 +61,19 @@ target_link_libraries(monteverdi2
   ${QT_LIBRARIES}
 )
 
+# deploy a qt.conf file in the monteverdi2 target build dir
+# to avoid warning on translation discovery
+add_custom_command( 
+    TARGET monteverdi2
+    PRE_BUILD 
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
+      ARGS -D QT_TRANSLATIONS_DIR:PATH=${QT_TRANSLATIONS_DIR}
+           -D SOURCE_DIR:PATH=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+           -D TARGET_DIR:PATH=$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:monteverdi2>
+           -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/DeployQtConf.cmake
+    COMMENT "Deploying qt.conf in build dir"
+    VERBATIM
+)
 
 #############################################################################
 install(
diff --git a/Code/Application/DeployQtConf.cmake b/Code/Application/DeployQtConf.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..018bbd5c698cbb50eb17d750d870f4881c0f05c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Code/Application/DeployQtConf.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+configure_file(${SOURCE_DIR}/qt.conf.in
+               ${TARGET_DIR}/qt.conf)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Code/Application/qt.conf.in b/Code/Application/qt.conf.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fd4eb417b9a0814bc7306f5022d9c3bd7b1cf252
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Code/Application/qt.conf.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[Paths]
+Translations=@QT_TRANSLATIONS_DIR@
\ No newline at end of file