diff --git a/Source/cmTargetPropCommandBase.cxx b/Source/cmTargetPropCommandBase.cxx
index 18a1d2a9f..771097ca2 100644
--- a/Source/cmTargetPropCommandBase.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmTargetPropCommandBase.cxx
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ bool cmTargetPropCommandBase
     this->HandleMissingTarget(args[0]);
     return false;
     }
+  if ((this->Target->GetType() != cmTarget::SHARED_LIBRARY)
+    && (this->Target->GetType() != cmTarget::STATIC_LIBRARY)
+    && (this->Target->GetType() != cmTarget::OBJECT_LIBRARY)
+    && (this->Target->GetType() != cmTarget::MODULE_LIBRARY)
+    && (this->Target->GetType() != cmTarget::EXECUTABLE))
+    {
+    this->SetError("called with non-compilable target type");
+    return false;
+    }
 
   unsigned int argIndex = 1;
 
diff --git a/Tests/ObjectLibrary/A/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/ObjectLibrary/A/CMakeLists.txt
index 36c86e7e9..55778eabf 100644
--- a/Tests/ObjectLibrary/A/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/ObjectLibrary/A/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ add_custom_command(
   COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/a1.c.in
                                    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/a1.c
   )
-include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
 
 add_library(A OBJECT a1.c a2.c)
+target_include_directories(A PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/include_directories/RunCMakeTest.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/include_directories/RunCMakeTest.cmake
index de3725226..ddf268c1e 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/include_directories/RunCMakeTest.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/include_directories/RunCMakeTest.cmake
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ include(RunCMake)
 
 run_cmake(NotFoundContent)
 run_cmake(DebugIncludes)
+run_cmake(TID-bad-target)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/include_directories/TID-bad-target-result.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/include_directories/TID-bad-target-result.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d00491fd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/include_directories/TID-bad-target-result.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/include_directories/TID-bad-target-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/include_directories/TID-bad-target-stderr.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..481e358b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/include_directories/TID-bad-target-stderr.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+CMake Error at TID-bad-target.cmake:6 \(target_include_directories\):
+  target_include_directories called with non-compilable target type
+Call Stack \(most recent call first\):
+  CMakeLists.txt:3 \(include\)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/include_directories/TID-bad-target.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/include_directories/TID-bad-target.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32201c1fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/include_directories/TID-bad-target.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+add_custom_target(check ALL
+  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo check
+)
+
+target_include_directories(check PRIVATE somedir)