diff --git a/Modules/FindBISON.cmake b/Modules/FindBISON.cmake
index 3515bf0ddd..6d0ace7aad 100644
--- a/Modules/FindBISON.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindBISON.cmake
@@ -281,7 +281,8 @@ if(BISON_EXECUTABLE)
         VERBATIM
         DEPENDS ${_BisonInput}
         COMMENT "[BISON][${Name}] Building parser with bison ${BISON_VERSION}"
-        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${_BISON_WORKING_DIRECTORY})
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${_BISON_WORKING_DIRECTORY}
+        COMMAND_EXPAND_LISTS)
 
       unset(_BISON_WORKING_DIRECTORY)