diff --git a/reactos/subsys/system/cmd/cmd.xml b/reactos/subsys/system/cmd/cmd.xml
index 4a341b0fb54..947c2ba9e22 100644
--- a/reactos/subsys/system/cmd/cmd.xml
+++ b/reactos/subsys/system/cmd/cmd.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 	<define name="__USE_W32API" />
 	<define name="ANONYMOUSUNIONS" />
 	<define name="_WIN32_WINNT">0x0501</define>
+	<define name="UNICODE" />
+	<define name="_UNICODE" />
 	<pch>precomp.h</pch>
 	<file>alias.c</file>
 	<file>attrib.c</file>
@@ -65,6 +67,8 @@
 	<define name="__USE_W32API" />
 	<define name="ANONYMOUSUNIONS" />
 	<define name="_WIN32_WINNT">0x0501</define>
+	<define name="UNICODE" />
+	<define name="_UNICODE" />
 	<library>kernel32</library>
 	<library>cmd_base</library>
 	<file>main.c</file>