diff --git a/modules/base/pymod/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/base/pymod/CMakeLists.txt
index 433dfeb9f35290e7330ea5a608e35f39292a5b88..9e9a429777335a1a5364a9359263ee0337858632 100644
--- a/modules/base/pymod/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/base/pymod/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ if (NOT ENABLE_STATIC)
         PY settings.py stutil.py table.py xmlrunner.py testutils.py)
 endif() 
 
-set(SQ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'")
+if(WIN32)
+  set(SQ "'")
+else(WIN32)
+  set(SQ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'")
+endif(WIN32)
 set(SUBST_DICT "ALL_ADDITIONAL_MODULES=")
 if(ENABLE_GUI)
   set(SUBST_DICT "${SUBST_DICT},${SQ}gui${SQ}")