diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx
index b04713aea..75b74674e 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx
@@ -114,7 +114,17 @@ int cmGlobalVisualStudio6Generator::TryCompile(const char *,
     {
     makeCommand += "ALL_BUILD";
     }
-  makeCommand += " - Debug\"";
+  makeCommand += " - ";
+  if ( m_LocalGenerators[0]->GetMakefile()->GetDefinition("CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_CONFIGURATION") )
+    {
+    makeCommand += 
+      m_LocalGenerators[0]->GetMakefile()->GetDefinition("CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_CONFIGURATION");
+    }
+  else
+    {
+    makeCommand += "Debug";
+    }
+  makeCommand += "\"";
   int retVal;
   int timeout = cmGlobalGenerator::s_TryCompileTimeout;
   if (!cmSystemTools::RunSingleCommand(makeCommand.c_str(), output, 
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
index 11032ceb8..543519011 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
@@ -75,7 +75,17 @@ int cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::TryCompile(const char *,
 #endif
   makeCommand += " ";
   makeCommand += projectName;
-  makeCommand += ".sln /build Debug /project ";
+  makeCommand += ".sln /build ";
+  if ( m_LocalGenerators[0]->GetMakefile()->GetDefinition("CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_CONFIGURATION") )
+    {
+    makeCommand += 
+      m_LocalGenerators[0]->GetMakefile()->GetDefinition("CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_CONFIGURATION");
+    }
+  else
+    {
+    makeCommand += "Debug";
+    }
+  makeCommand += " /project ";
   if (targetName)
     {
     makeCommand += targetName;