diff --git a/Source/cmCoreTryCompile.cxx b/Source/cmCoreTryCompile.cxx
index 8abd6905a..77aab0da9 100644
--- a/Source/cmCoreTryCompile.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmCoreTryCompile.cxx
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ int cmCoreTryCompile::TryCompileCode(std::vector<std::string> const& argv)
       }
     fprintf(fout, " ${COMPILE_DEFINITIONS}\")\n");
     fprintf(fout, "INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES})\n");
+    fprintf(fout, "SET(CMAKE_SUPPRESS_REGENERATION 1)\n");
     fprintf(fout, "LINK_DIRECTORIES(${LINK_DIRECTORIES})\n");
     // handle any compile flags we need to pass on
     if (compileFlags.size())