diff --git a/openbr/CMakeLists.txt b/openbr/CMakeLists.txt
index dc4f10a..a211640 100644
--- a/openbr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/openbr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ if (NOT ${BR_EMBEDDED})
   install(FILES ${HEADERS} DESTINATION include/openbr/gui)
 endif()
 
-if (NOT ${BR_EMBEDDED})
-  add_definitions(-DBR_LIBRARY)
-endif()
-
 add_library(openbr SHARED ${SRC} ${BR_CORE} ${BR_JANUS} ${BR_GUI} ${BR_ICONS} ${BR_THIRDPARTY_SRC} ${BR_RESOURCES} ${NATURALSTRINGCOMPARE_SRC})
 qt5_use_modules(openbr ${QT_DEPENDENCIES})
 set_target_properties(openbr PROPERTIES
@@ -41,6 +37,10 @@ set_target_properties(openbr PROPERTIES
 target_link_libraries(openbr ${BR_THIRDPARTY_LIBS})
 add_cppcheck(openbr)
 
+if (NOT ${BR_EMBEDDED})
+  set_target_properties(openbr PROPERTIES DEFINE_SYMBOL BR_LIBRARY)
+endif()
+
 # Janus implementation
 if(BR_WITH_JANUS)
   set(JANUS_BUILD_PP5_WRAPPER ${BR_WITH_PP5} CACHE BOOL "Build Janus implementation using PittPatt 5")