diff --git a/Source/cmComputeTargetDepends.cxx b/Source/cmComputeTargetDepends.cxx
index 113c9895a..586b5bfb1 100644
--- a/Source/cmComputeTargetDepends.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmComputeTargetDepends.cxx
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ void cmComputeTargetDepends::AddTargetDepend(
         << "\" of target \"" << depender->GetName() << "\" does not exist.";
 
       cmListFileBacktrace const* backtrace =
-        depender->Target->GetUtilityBacktrace(dependee_name);
+        depender->GetUtilityBacktrace(dependee_name);
       if(backtrace)
         {
         cm->IssueMessage(messageType, e.str(), *backtrace);
diff --git a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
index 7d5a9d053..eb433f52b 100644
--- a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
@@ -1742,6 +1742,12 @@ const std::set<std::string>& cmGeneratorTarget::GetUtilities() const
   return this->Target->GetUtilities();
 }
 
+const cmListFileBacktrace*
+cmGeneratorTarget::GetUtilityBacktrace(const std::string& u) const
+{
+  return this->Target->GetUtilityBacktrace(u);
+}
+
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 bool cmGeneratorTarget::HaveWellDefinedOutputFiles() const
 {
diff --git a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.h b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.h
index ff975c51d..588ff33c8 100644
--- a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.h
+++ b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.h
@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@ public:
   const std::vector<std::string>& GetLinkDirectories() const;
 
   std::set<std::string>const& GetUtilities() const;
+  cmListFileBacktrace const* GetUtilityBacktrace(const std::string& u) const;
+
   /** Get the macro to define when building sources in this target.
       If no macro should be defined null is returned.  */
   const char* GetExportMacro() const;