diff --git a/cpp/examples/Kalpana/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/examples/Kalpana/CMakeLists.txt
index bb1f5822e..0afa0e1d1 100644
--- a/cpp/examples/Kalpana/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/examples/Kalpana/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
 add_custom_target(copy_data_folder_to_binary_dir)
-add_custom_command(
-  TARGET copy_data_folder_to_binary_dir
-  COMMAND
+if (CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
+  add_custom_command(
+    TARGET copy_data_folder_to_binary_dir
+    COMMAND
     ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/data/
-    # Check append ("Debug", "Release") subfolder if we are in a multi-config
+    # Append ("Debug", "Release") subfolder if we are in a multi-config
     # project.
-    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/$<$<BOOL:${CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES}>:$<CONFIG>>data
-)
+    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/$<CONFIG>/data
+  )
+else ()
+  add_custom_command(
+    TARGET copy_data_folder_to_binary_dir
+    COMMAND
+    ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/data/
+    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/data
+  )
+endif()
 set_property(TARGET copy_data_folder_to_binary_dir #
              PROPERTY FOLDER "Examples")