diff --git a/Source/cmake.cxx b/Source/cmake.cxx
index abbabe762..729717304 100644
--- a/Source/cmake.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmake.cxx
@@ -2664,11 +2664,17 @@ int cmake::Build(const std::string& dir,
     }
   if(!it.Find("CMAKE_GENERATOR"))
     {
-    std::cerr << "Error: could find generator in Cache\n";
+    std::cerr << "Error: could not find CMAKE_GENERATOR in Cache\n";
     return 1;
     }
   cmsys::auto_ptr<cmGlobalGenerator> gen(
     this->CreateGlobalGenerator(it.GetValue()));
+  if(!gen.get())
+    {
+    std::cerr << "Error: could create CMAKE_GENERATOR \""
+              << it.GetValue() << "\"\n";
+    return 1;
+    }
   std::string output;
   std::string projName;
   if(!it.Find("CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME"))
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake
index ada4cab63..3aaeac047 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 include(RunCMake)
 
+run_cmake_command(build-no-cache
+  ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build ${RunCMake_SOURCE_DIR})
+run_cmake_command(build-no-generator
+  ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build ${RunCMake_SOURCE_DIR}/cache-no-generator)
+run_cmake_command(build-bad-generator
+  ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build ${RunCMake_SOURCE_DIR}/cache-bad-generator)
+
 if(UNIX)
   run_cmake_command(E_create_symlink-missing-dir
     ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink T missing-dir/L
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/build-bad-generator-result.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/build-bad-generator-result.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d00491fd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/build-bad-generator-result.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/build-bad-generator-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/build-bad-generator-stderr.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..110340749
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/build-bad-generator-stderr.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+^Error: could create CMAKE_GENERATOR "Bad Generator"$
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/build-no-cache-result.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/build-no-cache-result.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d00491fd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/build-no-cache-result.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/build-no-cache-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/build-no-cache-stderr.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..40dd3c097
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/build-no-cache-stderr.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+^Error: could not load cache$
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/build-no-generator-result.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/build-no-generator-result.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d00491fd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/build-no-generator-result.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/build-no-generator-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/build-no-generator-stderr.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..40ad030be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/build-no-generator-stderr.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+^Error: could not find CMAKE_GENERATOR in Cache$
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/cache-bad-generator/CMakeCache.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/cache-bad-generator/CMakeCache.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e34af4432
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/cache-bad-generator/CMakeCache.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CMAKE_GENERATOR:INTERNAL=Bad Generator
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/cache-no-generator/CMakeCache.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/cache-no-generator/CMakeCache.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb