diff --git a/Modules/CMakeRCInformation.cmake b/Modules/CMakeRCInformation.cmake
index 8ffe50aba..6bb2636f1 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeRCInformation.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeRCInformation.cmake
@@ -13,15 +13,16 @@
 #  License text for the above reference.)
 
 
-# This file sets the basic flags for the Fortran language in CMake.
+# This file sets the basic flags for the Windows Resource Compiler.
 # It also loads the available platform file for the system-compiler
 # if it exists.
 
 # make sure we don't use CMAKE_BASE_NAME from somewhere else
 set(CMAKE_BASE_NAME)
-get_filename_component(CMAKE_BASE_NAME ${CMAKE_RC_COMPILER} NAME_WE)
-if("${CMAKE_BASE_NAME}" MATCHES "windres")
-  set(CMAKE_BASE_NAME "windres")
+if(CMAKE_RC_COMPILER MATCHES "windres[^/]*$")
+ set(CMAKE_BASE_NAME "windres")
+else()
+ get_filename_component(CMAKE_BASE_NAME ${CMAKE_RC_COMPILER} NAME_WE)
 endif()
 set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_AND_RC_COMPILER_INFO_FILE
   ${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/Platform/${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}-${CMAKE_BASE_NAME}.cmake)
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ include(Platform/${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}-${CMAKE_BASE_NAME} OPTIONAL)
 
 
 set (CMAKE_RC_FLAGS "$ENV{RCFLAGS} ${CMAKE_RC_FLAGS_INIT}" CACHE STRING
-     "Flags for Fortran compiler.")
+     "Flags for Windows Resource Compiler.")
 
 # These are the only types of flags that should be passed to the rc
 # command, if COMPILE_FLAGS is used on a target this will be used