diff --git a/Modules/Platform/Windows-GNU.cmake b/Modules/Platform/Windows-GNU.cmake
index c0d7d8cd85..b571b16ae5 100644
--- a/Modules/Platform/Windows-GNU.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Platform/Windows-GNU.cmake
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ macro(__windows_compiler_gnu lang)
     endforeach()
   endif()
 
-  if(NOT CMAKE_RC_COMPILER_INIT)
+  if(NOT CMAKE_RC_COMPILER_INIT AND NOT CMAKE_GENERATOR_RC)
     set(CMAKE_RC_COMPILER_INIT windres)
   endif()