diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVUtils.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVUtils.cmake
index 7b6748780a..194f9763dc 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVUtils.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVUtils.cmake
@@ -108,9 +108,8 @@ set(OPENCV_BUILD_INFO_FILE "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/version_string.tmp")
 file(REMOVE "${OPENCV_BUILD_INFO_FILE}")
 function(ocv_output_status msg)
   message(STATUS "${msg}")
-  if(msg MATCHES "\"")
-    string(REPLACE "\"" "\\\"" msg "${msg}")
-  endif()
+  string(REPLACE "\\" "\\\\" msg "${msg}")
+  string(REPLACE "\"" "\\\"" msg "${msg}")
   file(APPEND "${OPENCV_BUILD_INFO_FILE}" "\"${msg}\\n\"\n")
 endfunction()