diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 88c12148..967b53dd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ if (FMT_MASTER_PROJECT AND CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio")
   join(netfxpath
        "C:\\Program Files\\Reference Assemblies\\Microsoft\\Framework\\"
        ".NETFramework\\v4.0")
-  file(WRITE run-msbuild.bat "
+  file(WRITE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/run-msbuild.bat" "
     ${MSBUILD_SETUP}
     ${CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM} -p:FrameworkPathOverride=\"${netfxpath}\" %*")
 endif ()