diff --git a/Tests/VSResource/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/VSResource/CMakeLists.txt
index 8c14f8db2..5fbd572b7 100644
--- a/Tests/VSResource/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/VSResource/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.3.20110118)
-project (VSResource)
+project(VSResource)
 
 string(REPLACE "/INCREMENTAL:YES" ""
   CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG
   "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG}")
 
-configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/test.txt
-  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test with spaces.txt" COPYONLY)
-include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
-add_definitions(/DCMAKE_RCDEFINE="test with spaces.txt")
+if(MSVC60 OR CYGWIN)
+  # VS6 and Cygwin rc compilers do not deal well with spaces in a "/D" value
+  add_definitions(/DCMAKE_RCDEFINE="test.txt")
+else()
+  configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/test.txt
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test with spaces.txt" COPYONLY)
+  include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
+  add_definitions(/DCMAKE_RCDEFINE="test with spaces.txt")
+endif()
 
 add_executable(VSResource main.cpp test.rc)