diff --git a/plugins/coreaudio-encoder/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/coreaudio-encoder/CMakeLists.txt
index 732eb70fd..ae185e1ec 100644
--- a/plugins/coreaudio-encoder/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/coreaudio-encoder/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,17 +4,18 @@ set(coreaudio-encoder_SOURCES
 	encoder.cpp)
 
 if (WIN32)
+	# Set compiler flag before adding resource file
+	if (MINGW)
+		set_source_files_properties(${coreaudio-encoder_SOURCES}
+			PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-Wno-multichar")
+	endif()
+
 	set(MODULE_DESCRIPTION "OBS Core Audio encoder")
 	configure_file(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/winrc/obs-module.rc.in coreaudio-encoder.rc)
 	list(APPEND coreaudio-encoder_SOURCES
 		coreaudio-encoder.rc)
 	set(coreaudio-encoder_HEADERS windows-imports.h)
 	set(coreaudio-encoder_LIBS )
-
-	if (MINGW)
-		set_source_files_properties(${coreaudio-encoder_SOURCES}
-			PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-Wno-multichar")
-	endif()
 else()
 	find_library(COREFOUNDATION CoreFoundation)
 	find_library(COREAUDIO CoreAudio)