diff --git a/Source/ThirdParty/SDL/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/ThirdParty/SDL/CMakeLists.txt
index 20489746ec..0b2267a2d3 100644
--- a/Source/ThirdParty/SDL/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/ThirdParty/SDL/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ elseif(UNIX)    # Urho3D - at this point both UNIX and UNIX_SYS should be equiva
       set(HAVE_IBUS_IBUS_H TRUE)
       include_directories(${IBUS_H_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${GLIB_H_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${GLIB_CONFIG_H_INCLUDE_DIRS})
       list(APPEND EXTRA_LIBS ibus-1.0)
-      add_definitions (-DSDL_USE_IME)
+      set (SDL_USE_IME 1)
     endif ()
 
     # Urho3D - bug fix - use find_path() to detect fcitx's header file so it works for both native and cross-compiling builds
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ elseif(UNIX)    # Urho3D - at this point both UNIX and UNIX_SYS should be equiva
     if (FCITX_H_INCLUDE_DIRS)
       set (HAVE_FCITX_FRONTEND_H TRUE)
       include_directories (${FCITX_H_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-      add_definitions (-DSDL_USE_IME)
+      set (SDL_USE_IME 1)
     endif ()
 
     # Urho3D - bug fix - moved below logic from generic Unix block to Linux-specific block