diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1b8f60089d..06e3ea35e6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -452,8 +452,6 @@ set(FFmpeg_COMPONENTS
     avutil
     swscale)
 
-add_subdirectory(externals)
-
 if (ENABLE_QT)
     if (YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_QT)
         download_qt(6.8.3)
@@ -500,6 +498,9 @@ if (ENABLE_QT)
     message(STATUS "Using host Qt at ${QT_HOST_PATH}")
 endif()
 
+# Qt has to download first for QuaZip
+add_subdirectory(externals)
+
 function(set_yuzu_qt_components)
     # Best practice is to ask for all components at once, so they are from the same version
     set(YUZU_QT_COMPONENTS2 Core Widgets Concurrent)