diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator.cxx
index 1bec581a5..7bdd74dca 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator.cxx
@@ -827,6 +827,7 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator::AddSymbolExportCommand(
     cmSystemTools::Error("could not open ", objs_file.c_str());
     return;
   }
+  std::vector<std::string> objs;
   for (std::vector<cmSourceFile const*>::const_iterator it =
          objectSources.begin();
        it != objectSources.end(); ++it) {
@@ -836,6 +837,12 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator::AddSymbolExportCommand(
     // It must exist because we populated the mapping just above.
     assert(!map_it->second.empty());
     std::string objFile = obj_dir + map_it->second;
+    objs.push_back(objFile);
+  }
+  gt->UseObjectLibraries(objs, configName);
+  for (std::vector<std::string>::iterator it = objs.begin(); it != objs.end();
+       ++it) {
+    std::string objFile = *it;
     // replace $(ConfigurationName) in the object names
     cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(objFile, this->GetCMakeCFGIntDir(),
                                  configName.c_str());
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/AutoExportDll/AutoExport.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/AutoExportDll/AutoExport.cmake
index bdddb386f..d37e8966f 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/AutoExportDll/AutoExport.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/AutoExportDll/AutoExport.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ project(autoexport)
 set(CMAKE_WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS TRUE)
 set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${autoexport_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
 add_subdirectory(sub)
-add_library(autoexport SHARED hello.cxx world.cxx foo.c)
+add_library(objlib OBJECT objlib.c)
+set_property(TARGET objlib PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE 1)
+add_library(autoexport SHARED hello.cxx world.cxx foo.c $<TARGET_OBJECTS:objlib>)
 
 add_executable(say say.cxx)
 if(MSVC)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/AutoExportDll/objlib.c b/Tests/RunCMake/AutoExportDll/objlib.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..54a9658d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/AutoExportDll/objlib.c
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+int objlib()
+{
+  return 7;
+}
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/AutoExportDll/say.cxx b/Tests/RunCMake/AutoExportDll/say.cxx
index 9ca8d3198..e966b1fdd 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/AutoExportDll/say.cxx
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/AutoExportDll/say.cxx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ extern "C" {
 int WINAPI foo();
 // test regular C
 int bar();
+int objlib();
 }
 
 // test c++ functions
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ int main()
   foo();
   printf("\n");
   bar();
+  objlib();
   printf("\n");
   return 0;
 }