diff --git a/cmake/compiler/xcode/settings.cmake b/cmake/compiler/xcode/settings.cmake
index cd33fc1fa2..ad3c58e4cd 100644
--- a/cmake/compiler/xcode/settings.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compiler/xcode/settings.cmake
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Set build-directive (used in core to tell which buildtype we used)
-add_definitions(-D_BUILD_DIRECTIVE="$(CONFIGURATION)")
+add_definitions(-D_BUILD_DIRECTIVE=\\"$(CONFIGURATION)\\")