diff --git a/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.cxx b/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.cxx
index 0b02ae12f..331e3fde7 100644
--- a/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.cxx
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ void cmComputeLinkInformation::AddItem(std::string const& item, cmTarget* tgt)
       std::string exe = tgt->GetFullPath(config, this->UseImportLibrary,
                                          true);
       linkItem += exe;
-      this->Items.push_back(Item(linkItem, true));
+      this->Items.push_back(Item(linkItem, true, tgt));
       this->Depends.push_back(exe);
       }
     else
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ void cmComputeLinkInformation::AddTargetItem(std::string const& item,
     }
 
   // Now add the full path to the library.
-  this->Items.push_back(Item(item, true));
+  this->Items.push_back(Item(item, true, target));
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.h b/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.h
index 0ce47bfa3..147b8ff8b 100644
--- a/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.h
+++ b/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.h
@@ -40,11 +40,14 @@ public:
 
   struct Item
   {
-    Item(): Value(), IsPath(true) {}
-    Item(Item const& item): Value(item.Value), IsPath(item.IsPath) {}
-    Item(std::string const& v, bool p): Value(v), IsPath(p) {}
+    Item(): Value(), IsPath(true), Target(0) {}
+    Item(Item const& item):
+      Value(item.Value), IsPath(item.IsPath), Target(item.Target) {}
+    Item(std::string const& v, bool p, cmTarget* target = 0):
+      Value(v), IsPath(p), Target(target) {}
     std::string Value;
     bool IsPath;
+    cmTarget* Target;
   };
   typedef std::vector<Item> ItemVector;
   ItemVector const& GetItems();