diff --git a/Modules/CMakeExpandImportedTargets.cmake b/Modules/CMakeExpandImportedTargets.cmake
index 0752e04a3..b6ab7efb5 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeExpandImportedTargets.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeExpandImportedTargets.cmake
@@ -71,7 +71,11 @@ function(CMAKE_EXPAND_IMPORTED_TARGETS _RESULT )
       set(_CCSR_NEW_REQ_LIBS )
       set(_CHECK_FOR_IMPORTED_TARGETS FALSE)
       foreach(_CURRENT_LIB ${_CCSR_REQ_LIBS})
-         get_target_property(_importedConfigs "${_CURRENT_LIB}" IMPORTED_CONFIGURATIONS)
+         if(TARGET "${_CURRENT_LIB}")
+           get_target_property(_importedConfigs "${_CURRENT_LIB}" IMPORTED_CONFIGURATIONS)
+         else()
+           set(_importedConfigs "")
+         endif()
          if (_importedConfigs)
 #            message(STATUS "Detected imported target ${_CURRENT_LIB}")
             # Ok, so this is an imported target.
@@ -123,7 +127,11 @@ function(CMAKE_EXPAND_IMPORTED_TARGETS _RESULT )
    # all remaining imported target names (there shouldn't be any left anyway).
    set(_CCSR_NEW_REQ_LIBS )
    foreach(_CURRENT_LIB ${_CCSR_REQ_LIBS})
-      get_target_property(_importedConfigs "${_CURRENT_LIB}" IMPORTED_CONFIGURATIONS)
+      if(TARGET "${_CURRENT_LIB}")
+        get_target_property(_importedConfigs "${_CURRENT_LIB}" IMPORTED_CONFIGURATIONS)
+      else()
+        set(_importedConfigs "")
+      endif()
       if (NOT _importedConfigs)
          list(APPEND _CCSR_NEW_REQ_LIBS "${_CURRENT_LIB}" )
 #         message(STATUS "final: appending ${_CURRENT_LIB}")