diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx
index 8146ea568..77693fefd 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx
@@ -473,6 +473,8 @@ cmGlobalNinjaGenerator::cmGlobalNinjaGenerator(cmake* cm)
   , UsingGCCOnWindows(false)
   , ComputingUnknownDependencies(false)
   , PolicyCMP0058(cmPolicies::WARN)
+  , NinjaSupportsConsolePool(false)
+  , NinjaSupportsImplicitOuts(false)
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
   cm->GetState()->SetWindowsShell(true);
@@ -558,9 +560,20 @@ void cmGlobalNinjaGenerator::FindMakeProgram(cmMakefile* mf)
     cmSystemTools::RunSingleCommand(command, &version, CM_NULLPTR, CM_NULLPTR,
                                     CM_NULLPTR, cmSystemTools::OUTPUT_NONE);
     this->NinjaVersion = cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(version);
+    this->CheckNinjaFeatures();
   }
 }
 
+void cmGlobalNinjaGenerator::CheckNinjaFeatures()
+{
+  this->NinjaSupportsConsolePool = !cmSystemTools::VersionCompare(
+    cmSystemTools::OP_LESS, this->NinjaVersion.c_str(),
+    RequiredNinjaVersionForConsolePool().c_str());
+  this->NinjaSupportsImplicitOuts = !cmSystemTools::VersionCompare(
+    cmSystemTools::OP_LESS, this->NinjaVersion.c_str(),
+    this->RequiredNinjaVersionForImplicitOuts().c_str());
+}
+
 bool cmGlobalNinjaGenerator::CheckLanguages(
   std::vector<std::string> const& languages, cmMakefile* mf) const
 {
@@ -1311,16 +1324,12 @@ std::string cmGlobalNinjaGenerator::ninjaCmd() const
 
 bool cmGlobalNinjaGenerator::SupportsConsolePool() const
 {
-  return !cmSystemTools::VersionCompare(
-    cmSystemTools::OP_LESS, this->NinjaVersion.c_str(),
-    RequiredNinjaVersionForConsolePool().c_str());
+  return this->NinjaSupportsConsolePool;
 }
 
 bool cmGlobalNinjaGenerator::SupportsImplicitOuts() const
 {
-  return !cmSystemTools::VersionCompare(
-    cmSystemTools::OP_LESS, this->NinjaVersion.c_str(),
-    this->RequiredNinjaVersionForImplicitOuts().c_str());
+  return this->NinjaSupportsImplicitOuts;
 }
 
 void cmGlobalNinjaGenerator::WriteTargetClean(std::ostream& os)
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.h b/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.h
index ac7a6b16d..5c7d8fa59 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.h
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ protected:
 private:
   std::string GetEditCacheCommand() const CM_OVERRIDE;
   void FindMakeProgram(cmMakefile* mf) CM_OVERRIDE;
+  void CheckNinjaFeatures();
   bool CheckLanguages(std::vector<std::string> const& languages,
                       cmMakefile* mf) const CM_OVERRIDE;
 
@@ -441,6 +442,8 @@ private:
 
   std::string NinjaCommand;
   std::string NinjaVersion;
+  bool NinjaSupportsConsolePool;
+  bool NinjaSupportsImplicitOuts;
 
 private:
   void InitOutputPathPrefix();