diff --git a/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/Makefile b/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/Makefile
index cb6c47a41bb..1d02e2f90bd 100644
--- a/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/Makefile
+++ b/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/Makefile
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(UNICODE),1)
 CFLAGS	+= -DUNICODE
 # LFLAGS+= -Wl,--entry,_wWinMain@16
+RCFLAGS += -DUNICODE
 endif
 
 CXXFLAGS = $(CFLAGS)