diff --git a/Source/cmCommonTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmCommonTargetGenerator.cxx
index cb62bde4d..131b490d6 100644
--- a/Source/cmCommonTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmCommonTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -199,56 +199,6 @@ void cmCommonTargetGenerator::AppendFortranFormatFlags(
   }
 }
 
-std::string cmCommonTargetGenerator::GetFrameworkFlags(std::string const& l)
-{
-  std::string const& config = this->ConfigName;
-  if (!this->Makefile->IsOn("APPLE")) {
-    return std::string();
-  }
-
-  std::string fwSearchFlagVar = "CMAKE_" + l + "_FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_FLAG";
-  const char* fwSearchFlag = this->Makefile->GetDefinition(fwSearchFlagVar);
-  if (!(fwSearchFlag && *fwSearchFlag)) {
-    return std::string();
-  }
-
-  std::set<std::string> emitted;
-#ifdef __APPLE__ /* don't insert this when crosscompiling e.g. to iphone */
-  emitted.insert("/System/Library/Frameworks");
-#endif
-  std::vector<std::string> includes;
-
-  this->LocalGenerator->GetIncludeDirectories(includes, this->GeneratorTarget,
-                                              "C", config);
-  // check all include directories for frameworks as this
-  // will already have added a -F for the framework
-  for (std::vector<std::string>::iterator i = includes.begin();
-       i != includes.end(); ++i) {
-    if (this->GlobalGenerator->NameResolvesToFramework(*i)) {
-      std::string frameworkDir = *i;
-      frameworkDir += "/../";
-      frameworkDir = cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(frameworkDir);
-      emitted.insert(frameworkDir);
-    }
-  }
-
-  std::string flags;
-  if (cmComputeLinkInformation* cli =
-        this->GeneratorTarget->GetLinkInformation(config)) {
-    std::vector<std::string> const& frameworks = cli->GetFrameworkPaths();
-    for (std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator i = frameworks.begin();
-         i != frameworks.end(); ++i) {
-      if (emitted.insert(*i).second) {
-        flags += fwSearchFlag;
-        flags += this->LocalGenerator->ConvertToOutputFormat(
-          *i, cmOutputConverter::SHELL);
-        flags += " ";
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  return flags;
-}
-
 std::string cmCommonTargetGenerator::GetFlags(const std::string& l)
 {
   ByLanguageMap::iterator i = this->FlagsByLanguage.find(l);
@@ -277,7 +227,9 @@ std::string cmCommonTargetGenerator::GetFlags(const std::string& l)
     this->LocalGenerator->AppendFlags(flags, this->Makefile->GetDefineFlags());
 
     // Add framework directory flags.
-    this->LocalGenerator->AppendFlags(flags, this->GetFrameworkFlags(l));
+    this->LocalGenerator->AppendFlags(
+      flags, this->LocalGenerator->GetFrameworkFlags(l, this->ConfigName,
+                                                     this->GeneratorTarget));
 
     // Add target-specific flags.
     this->LocalGenerator->AddCompileOptions(flags, this->GeneratorTarget, lang,
diff --git a/Source/cmCommonTargetGenerator.h b/Source/cmCommonTargetGenerator.h
index c9645e701..ace5351c6 100644
--- a/Source/cmCommonTargetGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmCommonTargetGenerator.h
@@ -71,9 +71,6 @@ protected:
   void AppendFortranFormatFlags(std::string& flags,
                                 cmSourceFile const& source);
 
-  // Return the a string with -F flags on apple
-  std::string GetFrameworkFlags(std::string const& l);
-
   virtual void AddIncludeFlags(std::string& flags,
                                std::string const& lang) = 0;
 
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
index b3694201b..9c503c2fa 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
@@ -1271,6 +1271,54 @@ void cmLocalGenerator::GetTargetFlags(
   }
 }
 
+std::string cmLocalGenerator::GetFrameworkFlags(std::string const& l,
+                                                std::string const& config,
+                                                cmGeneratorTarget* target)
+{
+  if (!this->Makefile->IsOn("APPLE")) {
+    return std::string();
+  }
+
+  std::string fwSearchFlagVar = "CMAKE_" + l + "_FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_FLAG";
+  const char* fwSearchFlag = this->Makefile->GetDefinition(fwSearchFlagVar);
+  if (!(fwSearchFlag && *fwSearchFlag)) {
+    return std::string();
+  }
+
+  std::set<std::string> emitted;
+#ifdef __APPLE__ /* don't insert this when crosscompiling e.g. to iphone */
+  emitted.insert("/System/Library/Frameworks");
+#endif
+  std::vector<std::string> includes;
+
+  this->GetIncludeDirectories(includes, target, "C", config);
+  // check all include directories for frameworks as this
+  // will already have added a -F for the framework
+  for (std::vector<std::string>::iterator i = includes.begin();
+       i != includes.end(); ++i) {
+    if (this->GlobalGenerator->NameResolvesToFramework(*i)) {
+      std::string frameworkDir = *i;
+      frameworkDir += "/../";
+      frameworkDir = cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(frameworkDir);
+      emitted.insert(frameworkDir);
+    }
+  }
+
+  std::string flags;
+  if (cmComputeLinkInformation* cli = target->GetLinkInformation(config)) {
+    std::vector<std::string> const& frameworks = cli->GetFrameworkPaths();
+    for (std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator i = frameworks.begin();
+         i != frameworks.end(); ++i) {
+      if (emitted.insert(*i).second) {
+        flags += fwSearchFlag;
+        flags += this->ConvertToOutputFormat(*i, cmOutputConverter::SHELL);
+        flags += " ";
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return flags;
+}
+
 std::string cmLocalGenerator::ConvertToLinkReference(std::string const& lib,
                                                      OutputFormat format)
 {
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
index 5ced64862..ac2ebce97 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
@@ -313,6 +313,10 @@ public:
                       std::string& frameworkPath, std::string& linkPath,
                       cmGeneratorTarget* target, bool useWatcomQuote);
 
+  std::string GetFrameworkFlags(std::string const& l,
+                                std::string const& config,
+                                cmGeneratorTarget* target);
+
   virtual void ComputeObjectFilenames(
     std::map<cmSourceFile const*, std::string>& mapping,
     cmGeneratorTarget const* gt = 0);