diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bde872fe4..b0eef700e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(git2 PROPERTIES VERSION ${LIBGIT2_VERSION_STRING})
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(git2 PROPERTIES SOVERSION ${LIBGIT2_VERSION_MAJOR})
 CONFIGURE_FILE(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libgit2.pc.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libgit2.pc @ONLY)
 
-IF (MSVC)
+IF (MSVC_IDE)
    # Precompiled headers
    SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(git2 PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "/Yuprecompiled.h /FIprecompiled.h")
    SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(src/win32/precompiled.c COMPILE_FLAGS "/Ycprecompiled.h")
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ IF (BUILD_CLAR)
 	ADD_EXECUTABLE(libgit2_clar ${SRC} ${CLAR_PATH}/clar_main.c ${SRC_TEST} ${SRC_ZLIB} ${SRC_HTTP} ${SRC_REGEX} ${SRC_SHA1})
 	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(libgit2_clar ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} ${SSL_LIBRARIES})
 
-        IF (MSVC)
+        IF (MSVC_IDE)
            # Precompiled headers
            SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(libgit2_clar PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "/Yuprecompiled.h /FIprecompiled.h")
         ENDIF ()