diff --git a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
index e9421e3e5..291827a4b 100644
--- a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -2120,5 +2120,17 @@ void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::WriteApplicationTypeSettings()
     this->WriteString("<ApplicationTypeRevision>", 2);
     (*this->BuildFileStream) << cmVS10EscapeXML(v)
                              << "</ApplicationTypeRevision>\n";
+    if(v == "8.1")
+      {
+      // Visual Studio 12.0 is necessary for building 8.1 apps
+      this->WriteString("<MinimumVisualStudioVersion>12.0"
+                        "</MinimumVisualStudioVersion>\n", 2);
+      }
+    else if (v == "8.0")
+      {
+      // Visual Studio 11.0 is necessary for building 8.0 apps
+      this->WriteString("<MinimumVisualStudioVersion>11.0"
+                        "</MinimumVisualStudioVersion>\n", 2);
+      }
     }
 }