diff --git a/Source/cmCommonTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmCommonTargetGenerator.cxx
index 2225fdc4e..c75ac234c 100644
--- a/Source/cmCommonTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmCommonTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -368,3 +368,37 @@ std::string cmCommonTargetGenerator::GetIncludes(std::string const& l)
     }
   return i->second;
 }
+
+std::vector<std::string>
+cmCommonTargetGenerator::GetLinkedTargetDirectories() const
+{
+  std::vector<std::string> dirs;
+  std::set<cmTarget const*> emitted;
+  if (cmComputeLinkInformation* cli =
+      this->Target->GetLinkInformation(this->ConfigName))
+    {
+    cmComputeLinkInformation::ItemVector const& items = cli->GetItems();
+    for(cmComputeLinkInformation::ItemVector::const_iterator
+          i = items.begin(); i != items.end(); ++i)
+      {
+      cmTarget const* linkee = i->Target;
+      if(linkee && !linkee->IsImported()
+                // We can ignore the INTERFACE_LIBRARY items because
+                // Target->GetLinkInformation already processed their
+                // link interface and they don't have any output themselves.
+                && linkee->GetType() != cmTarget::INTERFACE_LIBRARY
+                && emitted.insert(linkee).second)
+        {
+        cmGeneratorTarget* gt =
+          this->GlobalGenerator->GetGeneratorTarget(linkee);
+        cmLocalGenerator* lg = gt->GetLocalGenerator();
+        cmMakefile* mf = linkee->GetMakefile();
+        std::string di = mf->GetCurrentBinaryDirectory();
+        di += "/";
+        di += lg->GetTargetDirectory(*linkee);
+        dirs.push_back(di);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  return dirs;
+}
diff --git a/Source/cmCommonTargetGenerator.h b/Source/cmCommonTargetGenerator.h
index 5451a5aec..166508d6e 100644
--- a/Source/cmCommonTargetGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmCommonTargetGenerator.h
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ protected:
   ByLanguageMap DefinesByLanguage;
   std::string GetIncludes(std::string const& l);
   ByLanguageMap IncludesByLanguage;
+
+  std::vector<std::string> GetLinkedTargetDirectories() const;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
index 6cc237836..0bf376436 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -1058,33 +1058,11 @@ void cmMakefileTargetGenerator::WriteTargetDependRules()
     << "\n"
     << "# Targets to which this target links.\n"
     << "set(CMAKE_TARGET_LINKED_INFO_FILES\n";
-  std::set<cmTarget const*> emitted;
-  const char* cfg = this->LocalGenerator->GetConfigName().c_str();
-  if(cmComputeLinkInformation* cli = this->Target->GetLinkInformation(cfg))
+  std::vector<std::string> dirs = this->GetLinkedTargetDirectories();
+  for (std::vector<std::string>::iterator i = dirs.begin();
+       i != dirs.end(); ++i)
     {
-    cmComputeLinkInformation::ItemVector const& items = cli->GetItems();
-    for(cmComputeLinkInformation::ItemVector::const_iterator
-          i = items.begin(); i != items.end(); ++i)
-      {
-      cmTarget const* linkee = i->Target;
-      if(linkee && !linkee->IsImported()
-                // We can ignore the INTERFACE_LIBRARY items because
-                // Target->GetLinkInformation already processed their
-                // link interface and they don't have any output themselves.
-                && linkee->GetType() != cmTarget::INTERFACE_LIBRARY
-                && emitted.insert(linkee).second)
-        {
-        cmGeneratorTarget* gt =
-            this->GlobalGenerator->GetGeneratorTarget(linkee);
-        cmLocalGenerator* lg = gt->GetLocalGenerator();
-        cmMakefile* mf = linkee->GetMakefile();
-        std::string di = mf->GetCurrentBinaryDirectory();
-        di += "/";
-        di += lg->GetTargetDirectory(*linkee);
-        di += "/DependInfo.cmake";
-        *this->InfoFileStream << "  \"" << di << "\"\n";
-        }
-      }
+    *this->InfoFileStream << "  \"" << *i << "/DependInfo.cmake\"\n";
     }
   *this->InfoFileStream
     << "  )\n";