diff --git a/gui/CMakeLists.txt b/gui/CMakeLists.txt
index 2614b1a76..daf55a164 100644
--- a/gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ CheckOptions:
 
     add_executable(cppcheck-gui ${cppcheck-gui-deps} ${cppcheck-gui_SOURCES})
     set_target_properties(cppcheck-gui PROPERTIES AUTOMOC ON)
+    set_target_properties(cppcheck-gui PROPERTIES WIN32_EXECUTABLE ON)
     target_include_directories(cppcheck-gui PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/)
     if(USE_BUNDLED_TINYXML2)
         target_include_directories(cppcheck-gui PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/externals/tinyxml2/)
diff --git a/tools/triage/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/triage/CMakeLists.txt
index c244144f8..b9dff8502 100644
--- a/tools/triage/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/triage/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ CheckOptions:
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/gui/codeeditorstyle.cpp
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/gui/codeeditor.cpp)
     set_target_properties(triage PROPERTIES AUTOMOC ON)
+    set_target_properties(cppcheck-gui PROPERTIES WIN32_EXECUTABLE ON)
     target_include_directories(triage PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/ ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/gui/)
     target_link_libraries(triage ${QT_CORE_LIB} ${QT_GUI_LIB} ${QT_WIDGETS_LIB})
     if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")