diff --git a/Modules/Platform/Windows-GNU.cmake b/Modules/Platform/Windows-GNU.cmake
index 50ba80ba6..2bb7a2076 100644
--- a/Modules/Platform/Windows-GNU.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Platform/Windows-GNU.cmake
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ if("${_help}" MATCHES "GNU ld .* 2\\.1[1-6]")
   set(__WINDOWS_GNU_LD_RESPONSE 0)
 endif()
 
+if(NOT CMAKE_GENERATOR_RC AND CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Unix Makefiles")
+  set(CMAKE_GENERATOR_RC windres)
+endif()
+
 enable_language(RC)
 
 macro(__windows_compiler_gnu lang)