diff --git a/Source/cmAddLibraryCommand.cxx b/Source/cmAddLibraryCommand.cxx
index 4c591b61b..e9c5d6b76 100644
--- a/Source/cmAddLibraryCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmAddLibraryCommand.cxx
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ bool cmAddLibraryCommand
     yet its linker language. */
   if ((type != cmTarget::STATIC_LIBRARY) &&
       (type != cmTarget::OBJECT_LIBRARY) &&
+      (type != cmTarget::INTERFACE_LIBRARY) &&
        (this->Makefile->GetCMakeInstance()->GetPropertyAsBool(
                                       "TARGET_SUPPORTS_SHARED_LIBS") == false))
     {
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/interface_library/RunCMakeTest.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/interface_library/RunCMakeTest.cmake
index 56caf683f..737588836 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/interface_library/RunCMakeTest.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/interface_library/RunCMakeTest.cmake
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ include(RunCMake)
 
 run_cmake(invalid_name)
 run_cmake(target_commands)
+run_cmake(no_shared_libs)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/interface_library/no_shared_libs-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/interface_library/no_shared_libs-stderr.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10f32932e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/interface_library/no_shared_libs-stderr.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+^$
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/interface_library/no_shared_libs.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/interface_library/no_shared_libs.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed81878cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/interface_library/no_shared_libs.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12.20131009)
+set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY TARGET_SUPPORTS_SHARED_LIBS FALSE)
+add_library(foo INTERFACE)
+target_compile_definitions(foo INTERFACE FOO_DEFINE)