diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e58ead5f6..511860802 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ function(compile_flatbuffers_schema_to_cpp SRC_FBS)
   string(REGEX REPLACE "\\.fbs$" "_generated.h" GEN_HEADER ${SRC_FBS})
   add_custom_command(
     OUTPUT ${GEN_HEADER}
-    COMMAND flatc -c --no-includes --gen-mutable -o "${SRC_FBS_DIR}" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${SRC_FBS}"
+    COMMAND "${FLATBUFFERS_FLATC_EXECUTABLE}" -c --no-includes --gen-mutable -o "${SRC_FBS_DIR}" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${SRC_FBS}"
     DEPENDS flatc)
 endfunction()
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ function(compile_flatbuffers_schema_to_binary SRC_FBS)
   string(REGEX REPLACE "\\.fbs$" ".bfbs" GEN_BINARY_SCHEMA ${SRC_FBS})
   add_custom_command(
     OUTPUT ${GEN_BINARY_SCHEMA}
-    COMMAND flatc -b --schema -o "${SRC_FBS_DIR}" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${SRC_FBS}"
+    COMMAND "${FLATBUFFERS_FLATC_EXECUTABLE}" -b --schema -o "${SRC_FBS_DIR}" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${SRC_FBS}"
     DEPENDS flatc)
 endfunction()