diff --git a/contrib/protobuf-cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/protobuf-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 10ef7df26b1..0ceb72cfbd6 100644
--- a/contrib/protobuf-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/protobuf-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,40 +25,67 @@ if (CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
     # Build 'protoc' for host arch
     set (PROTOC_BUILD_DIR "${protobuf_BINARY_DIR}/build")
 
-    add_custom_command (
-        OUTPUT ${PROTOC_BUILD_DIR}
-        COMMAND mkdir -p ${PROTOC_BUILD_DIR})
+    if (NOT EXISTS "${PROTOC_BUILD_DIR}/protoc")
 
-    add_custom_command (
-        OUTPUT "${PROTOC_BUILD_DIR}/CMakeCache.txt"
+        # This is quite ugly but I cannot make dependencies work propery.
 
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
-            -G"${CMAKE_GENERATOR}"
-            -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM="${CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM}"
-            -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER="${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}"
-            -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER="${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}"
-            -Dprotobuf_BUILD_TESTS=0
-            -Dprotobuf_BUILD_CONFORMANCE=0
-            -Dprotobuf_BUILD_EXAMPLES=0
-            -Dprotobuf_BUILD_PROTOC_BINARIES=1
-            "${protobuf_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake"
+        execute_process(
+            COMMAND mkdir -p ${PROTOC_BUILD_DIR}
+            COMMAND_ECHO STDOUT)
 
-        DEPENDS "${PROTOC_BUILD_DIR}"
-        WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROTOC_BUILD_DIR}"
-        COMMENT "Configuring 'protoc' for host architecture.")
+        execute_process(
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
+                "-G${CMAKE_GENERATOR}"
+                "-DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=${CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM}"
+                "-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}"
+                "-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}"
+                "-Dprotobuf_BUILD_TESTS=0"
+                "-Dprotobuf_BUILD_CONFORMANCE=0"
+                "-Dprotobuf_BUILD_EXAMPLES=0"
+                "-Dprotobuf_BUILD_PROTOC_BINARIES=1"
+                "${protobuf_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake"
+            WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROTOC_BUILD_DIR}"
+            COMMAND_ECHO STDOUT)
 
-    add_custom_command (
-        OUTPUT "${PROTOC_BUILD_DIR}/protoc"
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build "${PROTOC_BUILD_DIR}"
-        DEPENDS "${PROTOC_BUILD_DIR}/CMakeCache.txt"
-        COMMENT "Building 'protoc' for host architecture.")
+        execute_process(
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build "${PROTOC_BUILD_DIR}"
+            COMMAND_ECHO STDOUT)
+    endif ()
 
-    #add_custom_target (protoc DEPENDS "${PROTOC_BUILD_DIR}/protoc")
-    #set_target_properties (protoc PROPERTIES TARGET_FILE "${PROTOC_BUILD_DIR}/protoc")
+#    add_custom_command (
+#        OUTPUT ${PROTOC_BUILD_DIR}
+#        COMMAND mkdir -p ${PROTOC_BUILD_DIR})
+#
+#    add_custom_command (
+#        OUTPUT "${PROTOC_BUILD_DIR}/CMakeCache.txt"
+#
+#        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
+#             -G"${CMAKE_GENERATOR}"
+#             -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM="${CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM}"
+#             -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER="${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}"
+#             -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER="${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}"
+#             -Dprotobuf_BUILD_TESTS=0
+#             -Dprotobuf_BUILD_CONFORMANCE=0
+#             -Dprotobuf_BUILD_EXAMPLES=0
+#             -Dprotobuf_BUILD_PROTOC_BINARIES=1
+#             "${protobuf_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake"
+#
+#         DEPENDS "${PROTOC_BUILD_DIR}"
+#         WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROTOC_BUILD_DIR}"
+#         COMMENT "Configuring 'protoc' for host architecture."
+#         USES_TERMINAL)
+#
+#     add_custom_command (
+#         OUTPUT "${PROTOC_BUILD_DIR}/protoc"
+#         COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build "${PROTOC_BUILD_DIR}"
+#         DEPENDS "${PROTOC_BUILD_DIR}/CMakeCache.txt"
+#         COMMENT "Building 'protoc' for host architecture."
+#         USES_TERMINAL)
+#
+#     add_custom_target (protoc-host DEPENDS "${PROTOC_BUILD_DIR}/protoc")
 
     add_executable(protoc IMPORTED GLOBAL)
     set_target_properties (protoc PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION "${PROTOC_BUILD_DIR}/protoc")
     add_dependencies(protoc "${PROTOC_BUILD_DIR}/protoc")
 
-    #add_executable(protobuf::protoc ALIAS protoc)
 endif ()