diff --git a/Modules/Platform/Windows-GNU.cmake b/Modules/Platform/Windows-GNU.cmake
index b464169079..bf96e637bf 100644
--- a/Modules/Platform/Windows-GNU.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Platform/Windows-GNU.cmake
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ macro(__windows_compiler_gnu lang)
   endif()
 
   if(NOT CMAKE_RC_COMPILER_INIT AND NOT CMAKE_GENERATOR_RC)
-    set(CMAKE_RC_COMPILER_INIT ${_CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX}windres)
+    set(CMAKE_RC_COMPILER_INIT ${_CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX}windres windres)
   endif()
 
   enable_language(RC)