diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.cxx b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
index 1a68ceec5..ae5596bb6 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
@@ -1064,6 +1064,16 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
      "Adds one or more semicolon-delimited .NET references to a "
      "generated Visual Studio project. For example, \"System;"
      "System.Windows.Forms\".");
+  cm->DefineProperty
+    ("VS_WINRT_EXTENSIONS", cmProperty::TARGET,
+     "Visual Studio project C++/CX language extensions for Windows Runtime",
+     "Can be set to enable C++/CX language extensions.");
+  cm->DefineProperty
+    ("VS_WINRT_REFERENCES", cmProperty::TARGET,
+     "Visual Studio project Windows Runtime Metadata references",
+     "Adds one or more semicolon-delimited WinRT references to a "
+     "generated Visual Studio project. For example, \"Windows;"
+     "Windows.UI.Core\".");
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("VS_GLOBAL_<variable>", cmProperty::TARGET,
      "Visual Studio project-specific global variable.",
diff --git a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
index 449adc186..941876190 100644
--- a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::Generate()
   this->WriteObjSources();
   this->WriteCLSources();
   this->WriteDotNetReferences();
+  this->WriteWinRTReferences();
   this->WriteProjectReferences();
   this->WriteString(
     "<Import Project=\"$(VCTargetsPath)\\Microsoft.Cpp.targets\""
@@ -268,33 +269,49 @@ void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::Generate()
 
 void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::WriteDotNetReferences()
 {
-  const char* vsDotNetReferences
-    = this->Target->GetProperty("VS_DOTNET_REFERENCES");
-  if(vsDotNetReferences)
+  std::vector<std::string> references;
+  if(const char* vsDotNetReferences =
+     this->Target->GetProperty("VS_DOTNET_REFERENCES"))
+    {
+    cmSystemTools::ExpandListArgument(vsDotNetReferences, references);
+    }
+  if(!references.empty())
     {
-    std::string references(vsDotNetReferences);
-    std::string::size_type position = 0;
-
     this->WriteString("<ItemGroup>\n", 1);
-    while(references.length() > 0)
+    for(std::vector<std::string>::iterator ri = references.begin();
+        ri != references.end(); ++ri)
       {
-      if((position = references.find(";")) == std::string::npos)
-        {
-        position = references.length() + 1;
-        }
-
       this->WriteString("<Reference Include=\"", 2);
-      (*this->BuildFileStream) <<
-        cmVS10EscapeXML(references.substr(0, position)) << "\">\n";
+      (*this->BuildFileStream) << cmVS10EscapeXML(*ri) << "\">\n";
       this->WriteString("<CopyLocalSatelliteAssemblies>true"
                         "</CopyLocalSatelliteAssemblies>\n", 3);
       this->WriteString("<ReferenceOutputAssembly>true"
                         "</ReferenceOutputAssembly>\n", 3);
       this->WriteString("</Reference>\n", 2);
-
-      references.erase(0, position + 1);
       }
+    this->WriteString("</ItemGroup>\n", 1);
+    }
+}
 
+void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::WriteWinRTReferences()
+{
+  std::vector<std::string> references;
+  if(const char* vsWinRTReferences =
+     this->Target->GetProperty("VS_WINRT_REFERENCES"))
+    {
+    cmSystemTools::ExpandListArgument(vsWinRTReferences, references);
+    }
+  if(!references.empty())
+    {
+    this->WriteString("<ItemGroup>\n", 1);
+    for(std::vector<std::string>::iterator ri = references.begin();
+        ri != references.end(); ++ri)
+      {
+      this->WriteString("<Reference Include=\"", 2);
+      (*this->BuildFileStream) << cmVS10EscapeXML(*ri) << "\">\n";
+      this->WriteString("<IsWinMDFile>true</IsWinMDFile>\n", 3);
+      this->WriteString("</Reference>\n", 2);
+      }
     this->WriteString("</ItemGroup>\n", 1);
     }
 }
@@ -372,7 +389,8 @@ void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::WriteProjectConfigurationValues()
     this->WriteString(mfcLine.c_str(), 2);
 
     if(this->Target->GetType() <= cmTarget::MODULE_LIBRARY &&
-       this->ClOptions[*i]->UsingUnicode())
+       this->ClOptions[*i]->UsingUnicode() ||
+       this->Target->GetPropertyAsBool("VS_WINRT_EXTENSIONS"))
       {
       this->WriteString("<CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>\n", 2);
       }
@@ -387,6 +405,10 @@ void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::WriteProjectConfigurationValues()
       pts += "</PlatformToolset>\n";
       this->WriteString(pts.c_str(), 2);
       }
+    if(this->Target->GetPropertyAsBool("VS_WINRT_EXTENSIONS"))
+      {
+      this->WriteString("<Immersive>true</Immersive>\n", 2);
+      }
     this->WriteString("</PropertyGroup>\n", 1);
     }
 }
diff --git a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.h b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.h
index 67025091d..90035f280 100644
--- a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ private:
   void WriteProjectConfigurationValues();
   void WriteCLSources();
   void WriteDotNetReferences();
+  void WriteWinRTReferences();
   void WriteObjSources();
   void WritePathAndIncrementalLinkOptions();
   void WriteItemDefinitionGroups();