diff --git a/gnucash/CMakeLists.txt b/gnucash/CMakeLists.txt
index 9e41c3c512..cda38cf1c0 100644
--- a/gnucash/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gnucash/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ set(gnucash_cli_SOURCES
 
 if (MINGW)
   list(APPEND gnucash_cli_SOURCES "gnucash-windows-locale.c")
-  target_link_options(gnucash-cli PRIVATE -mconsole)
 endif()
 
 add_executable (gnucash-cli
@@ -83,6 +82,10 @@ add_executable (gnucash-cli
     ${gnucash_noinst_HEADERS}
 )
 
+if (MINGW)
+    target_link_options(gnucash-cli PRIVATE -mconsole)
+endif()
+
 add_dependencies (gnucash-cli gnucash)
 
 target_compile_definitions(gnucash-cli PRIVATE -DG_LOG_DOMAIN=\"gnc.bin\")