diff --git a/Modules/ExternalProject.cmake b/Modules/ExternalProject.cmake
index 0df51a878..1e8316319 100644
--- a/Modules/ExternalProject.cmake
+++ b/Modules/ExternalProject.cmake
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #    [BINARY_DIR dir]            # Specify build dir location
 #    [BUILD_COMMAND cmd...]      # Command to drive the native build
 #    [BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1]         # Use source dir for build dir
+#    [BUILD_ALWAYS 1]            # No stamp file, build step always runs
 #   #--Install step---------------
 #    [INSTALL_DIR dir]           # Installation prefix
 #    [INSTALL_COMMAND cmd...]    # Command to drive install after build
@@ -1716,10 +1717,18 @@ function(_ep_add_build_command name)
     set(log "")
   endif()
 
+  get_property(build_always TARGET ${name} PROPERTY _EP_BUILD_ALWAYS)
+  if(build_always)
+    set(always 1)
+  else()
+    set(always 0)
+  endif()
+
   ExternalProject_Add_Step(${name} build
     COMMAND ${cmd}
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${binary_dir}
     DEPENDEES configure
+    ALWAYS ${always}
     ${log}
     )
 endfunction()
diff --git a/Tests/BuildDepends/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/BuildDepends/CMakeLists.txt
index 972793046..a875f0757 100644
--- a/Tests/BuildDepends/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/BuildDepends/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ file(WRITE ${BuildDepends_BINARY_DIR}/Project/link_depends_no_shared_exe.h
   "#define link_depends_no_shared_exe_value 0\n")
 set(link_depends_no_shared_check_txt ${BuildDepends_BINARY_DIR}/Project/link_depends_no_shared_check.txt)
 
+file(WRITE ${BuildDepends_BINARY_DIR}/Project/external.in "external original\n")
+
 help_xcode_depends()
 
 message("Building project first time")
@@ -166,6 +168,19 @@ else()
     "Targets link_depends_no_shared_lib and link_depends_no_shared_exe not both built.")
 endif()
 
+if(EXISTS ${BuildDepends_BINARY_DIR}/Project/external.out)
+  file(STRINGS ${BuildDepends_BINARY_DIR}/Project/external.out external_out)
+  if("${external_out}" STREQUAL "external original")
+    message(STATUS "external.out contains '${external_out}'")
+  else()
+    message(SEND_ERROR "Project did not initially build properly: "
+      "external.out contains '${external_out}'")
+  endif()
+else()
+  message(SEND_ERROR "Project did not initially build properly: "
+    "external.out is missing")
+endif()
+
 message("Waiting 3 seconds...")
 # any additional argument will cause ${bar} to wait forever
 execute_process(COMMAND ${bar} -infinite TIMEOUT 3 OUTPUT_VARIABLE out)
@@ -191,6 +206,8 @@ if(TEST_LINK_DEPENDS)
   file(WRITE ${TEST_LINK_DEPENDS} "2")
 endif()
 
+file(WRITE ${BuildDepends_BINARY_DIR}/Project/external.in "external changed\n")
+
 help_xcode_depends()
 
 message("Building project second time")
@@ -294,3 +311,16 @@ else()
   message(SEND_ERROR "Project did not rebuild properly.  "
     "Targets link_depends_no_shared_lib and link_depends_no_shared_exe not both built.")
 endif()
+
+if(EXISTS ${BuildDepends_BINARY_DIR}/Project/external.out)
+  file(STRINGS ${BuildDepends_BINARY_DIR}/Project/external.out external_out)
+  if("${external_out}" STREQUAL "external changed")
+    message(STATUS "external.out contains '${external_out}'")
+  else()
+    message(SEND_ERROR "Project did not rebuild properly: "
+      "external.out contains '${external_out}'")
+  endif()
+else()
+  message(SEND_ERROR "Project did not rebuild properly: "
+    "external.out is missing")
+endif()
diff --git a/Tests/BuildDepends/Project/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/BuildDepends/Project/CMakeLists.txt
index 8806ecdf1..9ee4a43aa 100644
--- a/Tests/BuildDepends/Project/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/BuildDepends/Project/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -139,3 +139,15 @@ add_custom_target(header_tgt DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/dir/header.h)
 include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 add_executable(ninjadep ninjadep.cpp)
 add_dependencies(ninjadep header_tgt)
+
+include(ExternalProject)
+ExternalProject_Add(ExternalBuild
+  SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/External
+  BINARY_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/External
+  STAMP_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/External/Stamp
+  BUILD_ALWAYS 1
+  CMAKE_ARGS
+    -Dexternal_in=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/external.in
+    -Dexternal_out=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/external.out
+  INSTALL_COMMAND ""
+  )
diff --git a/Tests/BuildDepends/Project/External/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/BuildDepends/Project/External/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c6015b651
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/BuildDepends/Project/External/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+project(BuildDependsExternal NONE)
+if(NOT DEFINED external_in)
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "Define external_in")
+endif()
+if(NOT DEFINED external_out)
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "Define external_out")
+endif()
+add_custom_command(
+  OUTPUT ${external_out}
+  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${external_in} ${external_out}
+  DEPENDS ${external_in}
+  )
+add_custom_target(drive ALL DEPENDS ${external_out})