diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fe31106894761e677ec5983b14e9b469c433a291..ba47cab9aa9af925d61798ed598731735d00e26b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ message(STATUS "  |-libidn :                         -DLIBIDN_LIBRARY")
 message(STATUS "  |-libxml :                         -DLIBXML_LIBRARY")
 message(STATUS "|- boost   : -DBOOST_INCLUDEDIR,     -DBOOST_LIBRARYDIR")
 message(STATUS "|- protobuf: -DPROTOBUF_INCLUDE_DIR, -DPROTOBUF_LIBRARY")
+message(STATUS "           : -DPROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE")
 message(STATUS "|- log4cxx : -DLOG4CXX_INCLUDE_DIR,  -DLOG4CXX_LIBRARY")
 message(STATUS "|- purple  : -DPURPLE_INCLUDE_DIR,   -DPURPLE_LIBRARY")
 message(STATUS "           : -DPURPLE_NOT_RUNTIME - enables compilation with libpurple.lib")
@@ -143,6 +144,9 @@ message( STATUS "Found Boost: ${Boost_LIBRARIES}, ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR}")
 if (WIN32 AND PROTOBUF_INCLUDE_DIR AND PROTOBUF_LIBRARY)
 	set(PROTOBUF_FOUND 1)
 	set(PROTOBUF_INCLUDE_DIRS ${PROTOBUF_INCLUDE_DIR})
+	if (NOT PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE)
+		set(PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE protoc)
+	endif()
 	message(STATUS "Using protobuf: ${PROTOBUF_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${PROTOBUF_LIBRARY}")
 else()
 	if (WIN32)