diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst b/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst
index 273a78035..959148eed 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ Options
 
    <dir>          = Project binary directory to be built.
    --target <tgt> = Build <tgt> instead of default targets.
+                    May only be specified once.
    --config <cfg> = For multi-configuration tools, choose <cfg>.
    --clean-first  = Build target 'clean' first, then build.
                     (To clean only, use --target 'clean'.)
diff --git a/Help/release/dev/error-multiple-targets.rst b/Help/release/dev/error-multiple-targets.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..060b26b98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/release/dev/error-multiple-targets.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+error-multiple-targets
+----------------------
+
+* The :manual:`cmake(1)` ``--build`` command-line tool now rejects multiple
+  ``--target`` options with an error instead of silently ignoring all but the
+  last one.
diff --git a/Source/cmakemain.cxx b/Source/cmakemain.cxx
index a06b26fc6..c60b962ce 100644
--- a/Source/cmakemain.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmakemain.cxx
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ static const char * cmDocumentationUsageNote[][2] =
 #define CMAKE_BUILD_OPTIONS                                             \
   "  <dir>          = Project binary directory to be built.\n"          \
   "  --target <tgt> = Build <tgt> instead of default targets.\n"        \
+  "                   May only be specified once.\n"                    \
   "  --config <cfg> = For multi-configuration tools, choose <cfg>.\n"   \
   "  --clean-first  = Build target 'clean' first, then build.\n"        \
   "                   (To clean only, use --target 'clean'.)\n"         \
@@ -386,6 +387,7 @@ static int do_build(int ac, char const* const* av)
   std::string dir;
   std::vector<std::string> nativeOptions;
   bool clean = false;
+  bool hasTarget = false;
 
   enum Doing { DoingNone, DoingDir, DoingTarget, DoingConfig, DoingNative};
   Doing doing = DoingDir;
@@ -397,7 +399,17 @@ static int do_build(int ac, char const* const* av)
       }
     else if(strcmp(av[i], "--target") == 0)
       {
-      doing = DoingTarget;
+      if (!hasTarget)
+        {
+        doing = DoingTarget;
+        hasTarget = true;
+        }
+      else
+        {
+        std::cerr << "'--target' may not be specified more than once.\n\n";
+        dir = "";
+        break;
+        }
       }
     else if(strcmp(av[i], "--config") == 0)
       {
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/BuildDir--build-multiple-targets-result.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/BuildDir--build-multiple-targets-result.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d00491fd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/BuildDir--build-multiple-targets-result.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/BuildDir--build-multiple-targets-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/BuildDir--build-multiple-targets-stderr.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2cbaa622
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/BuildDir--build-multiple-targets-stderr.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+^'--target' may not be specified more than once\.
++
+Usage: cmake --build <dir> \[options\] \[-- \[native-options\]\]
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/BuildDir/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/BuildDir/CMakeLists.txt
index 20df108ef..d2a28310d 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/BuildDir/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/BuildDir/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ add_custom_command(
   COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo CustomCommand > output.txt
   )
 add_custom_target(CustomTarget ALL DEPENDS output.txt)
+add_custom_target(CustomTarget2 ALL DEPENDS output.txt)
+add_custom_target(CustomTarget3 ALL DEPENDS output.txt)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake
index e3b73ff25..a07bbbec6 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ function(run_BuildDir)
   run_cmake(BuildDir)
   run_cmake_command(BuildDir--build ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E chdir ..
     ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build BuildDir-build --target CustomTarget)
+  run_cmake_command(BuildDir--build-multiple-targets ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E chdir ..
+    ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build BuildDir-build --target CustomTarget2 --target CustomTarget3)
 endfunction()
 run_BuildDir()