diff --git a/sese/CMakeLists.txt b/sese/CMakeLists.txt
index e43ac04c22..e7185a4b89 100644
--- a/sese/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sese/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -129,14 +129,16 @@ if (SESE_USE_ASYNC_LOGGER)
     target_compile_definitions(Core PRIVATE -DUSE_ASYNC_LOGGER)
 endif ()
 
-if (DEFINED SESE_RECORD_TIME_PATTERN)
+set(SESE_RECORD_TIME_PATTERN $ENV{SESE_RECORD_TIME_PATTERN})
+if (NOT SESE_RECORD_TIME_PATTERN STREQUAL "")
     target_compile_definitions(
             Core PRIVATE
             "SESE_RECORD_TIME_PATTERN=\"${SESE_RECORD_TIME_PATTERN}\""
     )
 endif ()
 
-if (DEFINED SESE_RECORD_TEXT_PATTERN)
+set(SESE_RECORD_TEXT_PATTERN $ENV{SESE_RECORD_TEXT_PATTERN})
+if (NOT SESE_RECORD_TEXT_PATTERN STREQUAL "")
     target_compile_definitions(
             Core PRIVATE
             "SESE_RECORD_TEXT_PATTERN=\"${SESE_RECORD_TEXT_PATTERN}\""