diff --git a/cmake/compiler/msvc/settings.cmake b/cmake/compiler/msvc/settings.cmake
index 3ef4080f16..eb55dc66c5 100644
--- a/cmake/compiler/msvc/settings.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compiler/msvc/settings.cmake
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 # Set build-directive (used in core to tell which buildtype we used)
-add_definitions(-D_BUILD_DIRECTIVE=\\"$(CONFIGURATION)\\")
+add_definitions(-D_BUILD_DIRECTIVE=\\"$(ConfigurationName)\\")
 
 # multithreaded compiling on VS
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /MP")