diff --git a/bitmaps/CMakeLists.txt b/bitmaps/CMakeLists.txt
index f1af6661fb..ee408fd444 100644
--- a/bitmaps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/bitmaps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ foreach(LOOP_VAR ${BITMAP_SRCS})
     set(CPP_BITMAP "${XPM_CPP_PATH}/${BASENAME}.cpp")
     add_custom_command(
         OUTPUT ${CPP_BITMAP}
-        COMMAND cmake -E copy "${PATH}/${BASENAME}.xpm" "${CPP_BITMAP}"
+        COMMAND "$(CMAKE_COMMAND)" -E copy "${PATH}/${BASENAME}.xpm" "${CPP_BITMAP}"
         DEPENDS ${BASENAME}.xpm)
     list(APPEND CPP_BITMAPS ${CPP_BITMAP})
     set_source_files_properties(${CPP_BITMAP} PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS -DXPMMAIN)