diff --git a/Modules/AddExternalProject.cmake b/Modules/AddExternalProject.cmake
index b89f64e2b..eaf4c8836 100644
--- a/Modules/AddExternalProject.cmake
+++ b/Modules/AddExternalProject.cmake
@@ -448,6 +448,35 @@ function(add_external_project_update_command name)
 endfunction(add_external_project_update_command)
 
 
+function(add_external_project_patch_command name)
+  get_external_project_directories(base_dir build_dir downloads_dir install_dir
+    sentinels_dir source_dir tmp_dir)
+
+  get_target_property(cmd ${name} AEP_PATCH_COMMAND)
+  if(cmd)
+    add_custom_command(
+      OUTPUT ${sentinels_dir}/${name}-patch
+      COMMAND ${cmd}
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch ${sentinels_dir}/${name}-patch
+      WORKING_DIRECTORY ${source_dir}/${name}
+      COMMENT "Performing patch step for '${name}'"
+      DEPENDS ${sentinels_dir}/${name}-download
+      VERBATIM
+      )
+    return()
+  endif()
+
+  add_custom_command(
+    OUTPUT ${sentinels_dir}/${name}-patch
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch ${sentinels_dir}/${name}-patch
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${sentinels_dir}
+    COMMENT "No patch step for '${name}'"
+    DEPENDS ${sentinels_dir}/${name}-download
+    VERBATIM
+    )
+endfunction(add_external_project_patch_command)
+
+
 function(add_external_project_configure_command name)
   get_external_project_directories(base_dir build_dir downloads_dir install_dir
     sentinels_dir source_dir tmp_dir)
@@ -464,6 +493,7 @@ function(add_external_project_configure_command name)
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${working_dir}
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch ${sentinels_dir}/${name}-working_dir
     DEPENDS ${sentinels_dir}/${name}-update
+            ${sentinels_dir}/${name}-patch
       ${file_deps}
     VERBATIM
     )
@@ -635,6 +665,7 @@ foreach(key IN ITEMS
     DOWNLOAD_COMMAND
     INSTALL_ARGS
     INSTALL_COMMAND
+    PATCH_COMMAND
     SVN_REPOSITORY
     SVN_TAG
     TAR
@@ -721,6 +752,7 @@ function(add_external_project name)
   #
   add_external_project_download_command(${name})
   add_external_project_update_command(${name})
+  add_external_project_patch_command(${name})
   add_external_project_configure_command(${name})
   add_external_project_build_command(${name})
   add_external_project_install_command(${name})
diff --git a/Tests/ExternalProject/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/ExternalProject/CMakeLists.txt
index 856a71375..813cd4d04 100644
--- a/Tests/ExternalProject/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/ExternalProject/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ add_external_project(${proj}
   DOWNLOAD_COMMAND ""
   INSTALL_ARGS ""
   INSTALL_COMMAND ""
+  PATCH_COMMAND ""
   SVN_REPOSITORY ""
   SVN_TAG ""
   TAR ""
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ endif()
 set(proj TutorialStep1-LocalTAR)
 add_external_project(${proj}
   TAR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Step1.tar"
+  PATCH_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Step1Patch.cmake
   CMAKE_GENERATOR "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}"
   CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=${prefix}
   INSTALL_COMMAND ""
@@ -263,7 +265,7 @@ if(can_build_tutorial_step5)
 endif()
 
 add_test(TutorialStep1-LocalTAR-BuildTreeTest
-  "${build_dir}/TutorialStep1-LocalTAR/Tutorial" 36)
+  "${build_dir}/TutorialStep1-LocalTAR/EP-Tutorial" 36)
 
 add_test(TutorialStep1-LocalNoDirTAR-BuildTreeTest
   "${build_dir}/TutorialStep1-LocalNoDirTAR/Tutorial" 25)
diff --git a/Tests/ExternalProject/Step1Patch.cmake b/Tests/ExternalProject/Step1Patch.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a1920a4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/ExternalProject/Step1Patch.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Verify the current working directory.
+if(NOT EXISTS CMakeLists.txt)
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "File does not exist:\n  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeLists.txt")
+endif()
+if(NOT EXISTS tutorial.cxx)
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "File does not exist:\n  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tutorial.cxx")
+endif()
+
+# Check if the patch is already applied.
+file(STRINGS CMakeLists.txt prop_line REGEX "^set_property")
+if(prop_line)
+  message(STATUS "Patch already applied!")
+  return()
+endif()
+
+# Apply the patch.
+file(APPEND CMakeLists.txt "
+# Patch by ExternalProject test:
+set_property(TARGET Tutorial PROPERTY OUTPUT_NAME EP-Tutorial)
+")
+message(STATUS "Patched ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeLists.txt")