6 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/CMakeDetermineRCCompiler.cmake b/Modules/CMakeDetermineRCCompiler.cmake
index 094b893..8e085af 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeDetermineRCCompiler.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeDetermineRCCompiler.cmake
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ ENDIF(NOT CMAKE_RC_COMPILER)
 
 MARK_AS_ADVANCED(CMAKE_RC_COMPILER)  
 
+GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(_CMAKE_RC_COMPILER_NAME_WE ${CMAKE_RC_COMPILER} NAME_WE)
+IF(_CMAKE_RC_COMPILER_NAME_WE STREQUAL "windres")
+  SET(CMAKE_RC_OUTPUT_EXTENSION .obj)
+ELSE()
+  SET(CMAKE_RC_OUTPUT_EXTENSION .res)
+ENDIF()
 
 # configure variables set in this file for fast reload later on
 CONFIGURE_FILE(${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/CMakeRCCompiler.cmake.in 
diff --git a/Modules/CMakeRCCompiler.cmake.in b/Modules/CMakeRCCompiler.cmake.in
index 93bc850..83428e2 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeRCCompiler.cmake.in
+++ b/Modules/CMakeRCCompiler.cmake.in
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ SET(CMAKE_RC_COMPILER "@CMAKE_RC_COMPILER@")
 SET(CMAKE_RC_COMPILER_ARG1 "@CMAKE_RC_COMPILER_ARG1@")
 SET(CMAKE_RC_COMPILER_LOADED 1)
 SET(CMAKE_RC_SOURCE_FILE_EXTENSIONS rc)
-SET(CMAKE_RC_OUTPUT_EXTENSION .res)
+SET(CMAKE_RC_OUTPUT_EXTENSION @CMAKE_RC_OUTPUT_EXTENSION@)
 SET(CMAKE_RC_COMPILER_ENV_VAR "RC")
diff --git a/Modules/Platform/CYGWIN-GNU.cmake b/Modules/Platform/CYGWIN-GNU.cmake
index 6f72a75..5aad45b 100644
--- a/Modules/Platform/CYGWIN-GNU.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Platform/CYGWIN-GNU.cmake
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ set(CMAKE_CREATE_WIN32_EXE  "-mwindows")
 
 set(CMAKE_GNULD_IMAGE_VERSION
   "-Wl,--major-image-version,<TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR>,--minor-image-version,<TARGET_VERSION_MINOR>")
-
+set(CMAKE_GENERATOR_RC windres)
+enable_language(RC)
 macro(__cygwin_compiler_gnu lang)
   # Binary link rules.
   set(CMAKE_${lang}_CREATE_SHARED_MODULE
diff --git a/Modules/Platform/CYGWIN-windres.cmake b/Modules/Platform/CYGWIN-windres.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bc1b15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/Platform/CYGWIN-windres.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SET(CMAKE_RC_COMPILE_OBJECT "<CMAKE_RC_COMPILER> -O coff <FLAGS> <DEFINES> <SOURCE> <OBJECT>")
diff --git a/Modules/Platform/Windows-GNU.cmake b/Modules/Platform/Windows-GNU.cmake
index ac635a5..7084b83 100644
--- a/Modules/Platform/Windows-GNU.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Platform/Windows-GNU.cmake
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ if("${_help}" MATCHES "GNU ld .* 2\\.1[1-6]")
   set(__WINDOWS_GNU_LD_RESPONSE 0)
 endif()
 
+enable_language(RC)
+
 macro(__windows_compiler_gnu lang)
 
   if(MSYS OR MINGW)
diff --git a/Modules/Platform/Windows-windres.cmake b/Modules/Platform/Windows-windres.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bc1b15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/Platform/Windows-windres.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SET(CMAKE_RC_COMPILE_OBJECT "<CMAKE_RC_COMPILER> -O coff <FLAGS> <DEFINES> <SOURCE> <OBJECT>")