diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a6f21cb93..811e6f2fb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ include_directories(include)
 add_executable(flatc ${FlatBuffers_Compiler_SRCS})
 
 function(compile_flatbuffers_schema_to_cpp SRC_FBS)
-  get_filename_component(SRC_FBS_DIR ${SRC_FBS} DIRECTORY)
+  get_filename_component(SRC_FBS_DIR ${SRC_FBS} PATH)
   string(REGEX REPLACE "\\.fbs$" "_generated.h" GEN_HEADER ${SRC_FBS})
   add_custom_command(
     OUTPUT ${GEN_HEADER}