diff --git a/scripts/src/osd/windows.lua b/scripts/src/osd/windows.lua
index 70aa239e766..26b9b34826f 100644
--- a/scripts/src/osd/windows.lua
+++ b/scripts/src/osd/windows.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 function maintargetosdoptions(_target)
+	linkoptions {
+		"-municode",
+	}
+
 	local rcfile = MAME_DIR .. "src/" .. _target .. "/osd/windows/" .. _target ..".rc"
 
 	if os.isfile(rcfile) then
@@ -13,11 +17,6 @@ function maintargetosdoptions(_target)
 end
 
 
-linkoptions {
-	"-municode",
-}
-
-
 project ("osd_" .. _OPTIONS["osd"])
 	uuid (os.uuid("osd_" .. _OPTIONS["osd"]))
 	kind "StaticLib"