diff --git a/desktop/toolkit/qt5/qt5-serialport/actions.py b/desktop/toolkit/qt5/qt5-serialport/actions.py
index 953f19b9ff..c5d8fe2323 100644
--- a/desktop/toolkit/qt5/qt5-serialport/actions.py
+++ b/desktop/toolkit/qt5/qt5-serialport/actions.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ def setup():
     qt5.configure()
 
 def build():
+    qt5.make()
     qt5.make("docs")
 
 def install():