diff --git a/extras/Projucer/Source/Application/jucer_CommandLine.cpp b/extras/Projucer/Source/Application/jucer_CommandLine.cpp
index 39f09e545f..b100b6f43a 100644
--- a/extras/Projucer/Source/Application/jucer_CommandLine.cpp
+++ b/extras/Projucer/Source/Application/jucer_CommandLine.cpp
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ namespace
     {
         args.checkMinNumArguments (3);
         auto source = args[1].resolveAsExistingFile();
-        auto target = args[2].resolveAsExistingFile();
+        auto target = args[2].resolveAsFile();
 
         MemoryOutputStream literal;
         size_t dataSize = 0;