diff --git a/cmake/build_helpers.cmake b/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
index 1722da7b6..fc62edd7d 100644
--- a/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ function(generatePDBs)
                 COMMAND_EXPAND_LISTS)
 
         if (IMHEX_REPLACE_DWARF_WITH_PDB)
-            file(COPY_FILE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${PDB}.pdb ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${GENERATED_PDB}.pdb)
+            install(CODE "file(COPY_FILE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${PDB}.pdb ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${GENERATED_PDB}.pdb)")
         endif ()
 
         install(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${GENERATED_PDB}.pdb DESTINATION ".")