diff --git a/Modules/CMakeSystemSpecificInitialize.cmake b/Modules/CMakeSystemSpecificInitialize.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5327ac19b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/CMakeSystemSpecificInitialize.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+
+#=============================================================================
+# Copyright 2002-2014 Kitware, Inc.
+#
+# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD License (the "License");
+# see accompanying file Copyright.txt for details.
+#
+# This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
+# implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+# See the License for more information.
+#=============================================================================
+# (To distribute this file outside of CMake, substitute the full
+#  License text for the above reference.)
+
+# This file is included by cmGlobalGenerator::EnableLanguage.
+# It is included before the compiler has been determined.
+
+include(Platform/${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}-Initialize OPTIONAL)
+
+set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_SPECIFIC_INITIALIZE_LOADED 1)
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
index beb10daa1..f933f2777 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
@@ -308,6 +308,9 @@ void cmGlobalGenerator::FindMakeProgram(cmMakefile* mf)
 //   CMakeSystem.cmake - configured file created by
 //                       CMakeDetermineSystem.cmake IF CMAKE_SYSTEM_LOADED
 
+// CMakeSystemSpecificInitialize.cmake
+//   - includes Platform/${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}-Initialize.cmake
+
 // Next try and enable all languages found in the languages vector
 //
 // FOREACH LANG in languages
@@ -432,6 +435,18 @@ cmGlobalGenerator::EnableLanguage(std::vector<std::string>const& languages,
     fpath += "/CMakeSystem.cmake";
     mf->ReadListFile(0,fpath.c_str());
     }
+
+  // **** Load the system specific initialization if not yet loaded
+  if (!mf->GetDefinition("CMAKE_SYSTEM_SPECIFIC_INITIALIZE_LOADED"))
+    {
+    fpath = mf->GetModulesFile("CMakeSystemSpecificInitialize.cmake");
+    if(!mf->ReadListFile(0,fpath.c_str()))
+      {
+      cmSystemTools::Error("Could not find cmake module file: ",
+                           fpath.c_str());
+      }
+    }
+
   std::map<cmStdString, bool> needTestLanguage;
   std::map<cmStdString, bool> needSetLanguageEnabledMaps;
   // foreach language