diff --git a/companion/src/CMakeLists.txt b/companion/src/CMakeLists.txt
index f896afdd7..e7965f808 100644
--- a/companion/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/companion/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ elseif(WIN32)
 
   # Add installer command to execute windeployqt
   message(STATUS "windeployqt command: ${QT_BIN_DIR}/windeployqt.exe ${wdqtopts}")
-  install(CODE "execute_process(\"${QT_BIN_DIR}/windeployqt.exe ${wdqtopts}\")")
+  install(CODE "execute_process(COMMAND \"${QT_BIN_DIR}/windeployqt.exe\" ${wdqtopts})")
 
   # SDL dll
   if(SDL_FOUND AND EXISTS "${SDL_LIBRARY_PATH}/SDL.dll")