diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1933b2402..bd40f63cd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -725,8 +725,6 @@ if(MINGW AND BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
 endif()
 
 if(MSVC AND BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-  set(DLL_PDB_FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/pcre2-posix.pdb ${DLL_PDB_FILES})
-  set(DLL_PDB_DEBUG_FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/pcre2-posixd.pdb ${DLL_PDB_DEBUG_FILES})
   if(EXISTS ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/pcre2.rc)
     set(PCRE2_SOURCES ${PCRE2_SOURCES} pcre2.rc)
   endif()
@@ -834,6 +832,8 @@ if(PCRE2_BUILD_PCRE2_8)
       target_link_libraries(pcre2-8-shared Threads::Threads)
     endif()
     set(TARGETS ${TARGETS} pcre2-8-shared)
+    set(DLL_PDB_FILES $<TARGET_PDB_FILE_DIR:pcre2-8-shared>/pcre2-8.pdb ${DLL_PDB_FILES})
+    set(DLL_PDB_DEBUG_FILES $<TARGET_PDB_FILE_DIR:pcre2-8-shared>/pcre2-8d.pdb ${DLL_PDB_DEBUG_FILES})
 
     add_library(pcre2-posix-shared SHARED ${PCRE2POSIX_HEADERS} ${PCRE2POSIX_SOURCES})
     target_include_directories(pcre2-posix-shared PUBLIC ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src)
@@ -851,8 +851,8 @@ if(PCRE2_BUILD_PCRE2_8)
     target_compile_definitions(pcre2-posix-shared PUBLIC ${PCRE2POSIX_CFLAG})
     target_link_libraries(pcre2-posix-shared pcre2-8-shared)
     set(TARGETS ${TARGETS} pcre2-posix-shared)
-    set(DLL_PDB_FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/pcre2-8.pdb ${DLL_PDB_FILES})
-    set(DLL_PDB_DEBUG_FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/pcre2-8d.pdb ${DLL_PDB_DEBUG_FILES})
+    set(DLL_PDB_FILES $<TARGET_PDB_FILE_DIR:pcre2-posix-shared>/pcre2-posix.pdb ${DLL_PDB_FILES})
+    set(DLL_PDB_DEBUG_FILES $<TARGET_PDB_FILE_DIR:pcre2-posix-shared>/pcre2-posixd.pdb ${DLL_PDB_DEBUG_FILES})
 
     if(MINGW)
       if(NON_STANDARD_LIB_PREFIX)
@@ -923,8 +923,8 @@ if(PCRE2_BUILD_PCRE2_16)
       target_link_libraries(pcre2-16-shared Threads::Threads)
     endif()
     set(TARGETS ${TARGETS} pcre2-16-shared)
-    set(DLL_PDB_FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/pcre2-16.pdb ${DLL_PDB_FILES})
-    set(DLL_PDB_DEBUG_FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/pcre2-16d.pdb ${DLL_PDB_DEBUG_FILES})
+    set(DLL_PDB_FILES $<TARGET_PDB_FILE_DIR:pcre2-16-shared>/pcre2-16.pdb ${DLL_PDB_FILES})
+    set(DLL_PDB_DEBUG_FILES $<TARGET_PDB_FILE_DIR:pcre2-16-shared>/pcre2-16d.pdb ${DLL_PDB_DEBUG_FILES})
 
     if(MINGW)
       if(NON_STANDARD_LIB_PREFIX)
@@ -993,8 +993,8 @@ if(PCRE2_BUILD_PCRE2_32)
       target_link_libraries(pcre2-32-shared Threads::Threads)
     endif()
     set(TARGETS ${TARGETS} pcre2-32-shared)
-    set(DLL_PDB_FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/pcre2-32.pdb ${DLL_PDB_FILES})
-    set(DLL_PDB_DEBUG_FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/pcre2-32d.pdb ${DLL_PDB_DEBUG_FILES})
+    set(DLL_PDB_FILES $<TARGET_PDB_FILE_DIR:pcre2-32-shared>/pcre2-32.pdb ${DLL_PDB_FILES})
+    set(DLL_PDB_DEBUG_FILES $<TARGET_PDB_FILE_DIR:pcre2-32-shared>/pcre2-32d.pdb ${DLL_PDB_DEBUG_FILES})
 
     if(MINGW)
       if(NON_STANDARD_LIB_PREFIX)