configure_file(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/json_config.h.in ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/json_config.h)
message(STATUS "Wrote ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/json_config.h")
-if (NOT DEFINED CMAKE_C_COMPILER_FRONTEND_VARIANT) # only available in cmake 3.14+
+if (NOT DEFINED CMAKE_C_COMPILER_FRONTEND_VARIANT OR "${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_FRONTEND_VARIANT}" STREQUAL "") # only available in cmake 3.14+
if ("${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "MSVC")
set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_FRONTEND_VARIANT "MSVC")
elseif ("${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "GNU")