diff --git a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerABI.cmake b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerABI.cmake
index 44cc04ac2..e9ae995ea 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerABI.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerABI.cmake
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ function(CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ABI lang src)
                   "--no-warn-unused-cli"
       OUTPUT_VARIABLE OUTPUT
       COPY_FILE "${BIN}"
+      COPY_FILE_ERROR _copy_error
       )
     # Move result from cache to normal variable.
     set(CMAKE_${lang}_ABI_COMPILED ${CMAKE_${lang}_ABI_COMPILED})
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ function(CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ABI lang src)
     set(CMAKE_${lang}_ABI_COMPILED ${CMAKE_${lang}_ABI_COMPILED} PARENT_SCOPE)
 
     # Load the resulting information strings.
-    if(CMAKE_${lang}_ABI_COMPILED)
+    if(CMAKE_${lang}_ABI_COMPILED AND NOT _copy_error)
       message(STATUS "Detecting ${lang} compiler ABI info - done")
       file(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeOutput.log
         "Detecting ${lang} compiler ABI info compiled with the following output:\n${OUTPUT}\n\n")
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ function(CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ABI lang src)
     else()
       message(STATUS "Detecting ${lang} compiler ABI info - failed")
       file(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeError.log
-        "Detecting ${lang} compiler ABI info failed to compile with the following output:\n${OUTPUT}\n\n")
+        "Detecting ${lang} compiler ABI info failed to compile with the following output:\n${OUTPUT}\n${_copy_error}\n\n")
     endif()
   endif()
 endfunction()
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/FailCopyFileABI-check.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/FailCopyFileABI-check.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c439aac7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/FailCopyFileABI-check.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+set(log "${RunCMake_TEST_BINARY_DIR}/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log")
+if(EXISTS "${log}")
+  file(READ "${log}" error_log)
+else()
+  set(error_log "")
+endif()
+if(NOT error_log MATCHES "Cannot copy output executable.*
+to destination specified by COPY_FILE:.*
+Unable to find the executable at any of:
+  .*\\.missing")
+  string(REGEX REPLACE "\n" "\n  " error_log "  ${error_log}")
+  set(RunCMake_TEST_FAILED "Log file:\n ${log}\ndoes not have expected COPY_FILE failure message:\n${error_log}")
+endif()
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/FailCopyFileABI-override.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/FailCopyFileABI-override.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c633555b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/FailCopyFileABI-override.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Change the executable suffix that try_compile will use for
+# COPY_FILE but not inside the test project.  This forces failure.
+get_property(in_try_compile GLOBAL PROPERTY IN_TRY_COMPILE)
+if(NOT in_try_compile)
+  set(CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX .missing)
+endif()
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/FailCopyFileABI-stdout.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/FailCopyFileABI-stdout.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb87f4c31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/FailCopyFileABI-stdout.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
+-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - failed
+-- Configuring done
+-- Generating done
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/FailCopyFileABI.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/FailCopyFileABI.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..74efd9720
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/FailCopyFileABI.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+set(CMAKE_USER_MAKE_RULES_OVERRIDE_C ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/FailCopyFileABI-override.cmake)
+enable_language(C)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/RunCMakeTest.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/RunCMakeTest.cmake
index 46f9184fb..79e4060cc 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/RunCMakeTest.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/RunCMakeTest.cmake
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 include(RunCMake)
 
 run_cmake(ErrorLogs)
+run_cmake(FailCopyFileABI)