diff --git a/src/MinGW.cmake b/src/MinGW.cmake
index 09b0e6cf..3ef0358c 100644
--- a/src/MinGW.cmake
+++ b/src/MinGW.cmake
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ macro(mingw_unicode)
     if(${_cxx_supports_municode})
       message(STATUS "Enabling Unicode for MinGW in the current project to fix undefined references to WinMain")
       add_compile_definitions("UNICODE" "_UNICODE")
-      add_compile_options("-municode")
+      add_link_options("-municode")
     endif()
   endif()
 endmacro()