diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 25d76dee5a730aa5c909fcf0d66bfb9360186e8c..2ad421742ada565e7440deb31aa5b454eb206748 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,13 +20,15 @@ endif()
 
 if (PROTOBUF_FOUND)
 if (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
-	ADD_LIBRARY(transport SHARED ${HEADERS} ${SRC} ${SWIFTEN_SRC} ../include/transport/protocol.pb.cc)
+    ADD_LIBRARY(transport SHARED ${HEADERS} ${SRC} ${SWIFTEN_SRC} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../include/transport/protocol.pb.cc)
 else()
-	ADD_LIBRARY(transport STATIC ${HEADERS} ${SRC} ${SWIFTEN_SRC} ../include/transport/protocol.pb.cc)
+    ADD_LIBRARY(transport STATIC ${HEADERS} ${SRC} ${SWIFTEN_SRC} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../include/transport/protocol.pb.cc)    
+endif()    
+	SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../include/transport/protocol.pb.cc PROPERTIES GENERATED 1)
 endif()
-	ADD_DEPENDENCIES(transport pb)
+    ADD_DEPENDENCIES(transport pb) 
 else()
-	ADD_LIBRARY(transport SHARED ${HEADERS} ${SRC} ${SWIFTEN_SRC})
+    ADD_LIBRARY(transport SHARED ${HEADERS} ${SRC} ${SWIFTEN_SRC})
 endif()
 
 if (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)