diff --git a/swiftwinrt/CMakeLists.txt b/swiftwinrt/CMakeLists.txt
index 43ba8a5f..aa226c38 100644
--- a/swiftwinrt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/swiftwinrt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-project(swiftwinrt)
-
+# Set pre-project() cache variables
 set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER cl)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER cl)
 
+project(swiftwinrt)
+
 set(SWIFTWINRT_VERSION_STRING "0.0.1")
 set(MicrosoftWindowsWinMD_INCLUDE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/winmd/src)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_component/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/test_component/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 1f77f261..c5162c11 100644
--- a/tests/test_component/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/test_component/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-project(test_component_cpp)
-include(nuget)
-
+# Set pre-project() cache variables
 # For debug builds, build with clang which enables us to use DWARF symbols
 # and debug both Swift and C++ code using lldb.
 if (${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} STREQUAL "DEBUG")
@@ -14,6 +12,11 @@ else()
     set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER cl)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER cl)
 endif()
+
+project(test_component_cpp)
+include(nuget)
+
+
 set(H_FILE
     ${CMAKE_TEST_COMPONENT_OUTPUT}/test_component.h
 )