diff --git a/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
index 0ce414a0cc..d3928cb096 100644
--- a/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ add_library(3rdparty_flatbuffers INTERFACE)
 if (USE_SYSTEM_FLATBUFFERS)
 	pkg_check_modules(FLATBUFFERS REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET flatbuffers>=2.0.0)
 	target_link_libraries(3rdparty_flatbuffers INTERFACE PkgConfig::FLATBUFFERS)
+	set(FBS_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../rpcs3/Emu/NP/generated/")
+	execute_process(COMMAND "flatc --cpp -o ${FBS_DIR} ${FBS_DIR}/np2_structs.fbs" RESULT_VARIABLE FBS_CMD_ERROR)
+	if(FBS_CMD_ERROR AND NOT FBS_CMD_ERROR EQUAL 0)
+  		message(FATAL_ERROR "Flatbuffers flatc execute failed with: '${STATUS}'")
+	endif()
 else()
 	target_include_directories(3rdparty_flatbuffers INTERFACE flatbuffers/include)
 endif()