diff --git a/cmake/px4_add_module.cmake b/cmake/px4_add_module.cmake
index 660b2e622d..aa75a00d4d 100644
--- a/cmake/px4_add_module.cmake
+++ b/cmake/px4_add_module.cmake
@@ -156,11 +156,12 @@ function(px4_add_module)
 	if(NOT DYNAMIC)
 		target_link_libraries(${MODULE} PRIVATE prebuild_targets parameters_interface px4_layer px4_platform systemlib)
 		set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY PX4_MODULE_LIBRARIES ${MODULE})
-		set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY PX4_MODULE_PATHS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
-		px4_list_make_absolute(ABS_SRCS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${SRCS})
-		set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY PX4_SRC_FILES ${ABS_SRCS})
 	endif()
 
+	set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY PX4_MODULE_PATHS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
+	px4_list_make_absolute(ABS_SRCS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${SRCS})
+	set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY PX4_SRC_FILES ${ABS_SRCS})
+
 	# set defaults if not set
 	set(MAIN_DEFAULT MAIN-NOTFOUND)
 	set(STACK_MAIN_DEFAULT 2048)