diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 3db4c948c9..0407c34e74 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -581,13 +581,15 @@ file(GLOB IFCPARSE_H_FILES_ALL ../src/ifcparse/*.h)
 file(GLOB IFCPARSE_CPP_FILES_ALL ../src/ifcparse/*.cpp)
 
 foreach(s ${IFCPARSE_H_FILES_ALL})
-if (NOT s MATCHES "[0-9]")
+get_filename_component(p "${s}" NAME)
+if (NOT "${p}" MATCHES "[0-9]")
 list(APPEND IFCPARSE_H_FILES "${s}")
 endif()
 endforeach()
 
 foreach(s ${IFCPARSE_CPP_FILES_ALL})
-if (NOT s MATCHES "[0-9]")
+get_filename_component(p "${s}" NAME)
+if (NOT "${p}" MATCHES "[0-9]")
 list(APPEND IFCPARSE_CPP_FILES "${s}")
 endif()
 endforeach()