diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.cxx b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
index 1f8cddb1a..6a87342b8 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
@@ -647,6 +647,38 @@ void cmTarget::GetSourceFiles(std::vector<std::string> &files,
 {
   assert(this->GetType() != INTERFACE_LIBRARY);
 
+  if (this->Makefile->GetGeneratorTargets().empty())
+    {
+    // At configure-time, this method can be called as part of getting the
+    // LOCATION property or to export() a file to be include()d.  However
+    // there is no cmGeneratorTarget at configure-time, so search the SOURCES
+    // for TARGET_OBJECTS instead for backwards compatibility with OLD
+    // behavior of CMP0024 and CMP0026 only.
+
+    typedef cmTargetInternals::TargetPropertyEntry
+                                TargetPropertyEntry;
+    for(std::vector<TargetPropertyEntry*>::const_iterator
+          i = this->Internal->SourceEntries.begin();
+        i != this->Internal->SourceEntries.end(); ++i)
+      {
+      std::string entry = (*i)->ge->GetInput();
+
+      std::vector<std::string> items;
+      cmSystemTools::ExpandListArgument(entry, items);
+      for (std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator
+          li = items.begin(); li != items.end(); ++li)
+        {
+        if(cmHasLiteralPrefix(*li, "$<TARGET_OBJECTS:") &&
+            (*li)[li->size() - 1] == '>')
+          {
+          continue;
+          }
+        files.push_back(*li);
+        }
+      }
+    return;
+    }
+
   std::vector<std::string> debugProperties;
   const char *debugProp =
               this->Makefile->GetDefinition("CMAKE_DEBUG_TARGET_PROPERTIES");
@@ -5342,6 +5374,45 @@ bool cmTarget::IsLinkInterfaceDependentNumberMaxProperty(const std::string &p,
                                  config);
 }
 
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void
+cmTarget::GetObjectLibrariesCMP0026(std::vector<cmTarget*>& objlibs) const
+{
+  // At configure-time, this method can be called as part of getting the
+  // LOCATION property or to export() a file to be include()d.  However
+  // there is no cmGeneratorTarget at configure-time, so search the SOURCES
+  // for TARGET_OBJECTS instead for backwards compatibility with OLD
+  // behavior of CMP0024 and CMP0026 only.
+  typedef cmTargetInternals::TargetPropertyEntry
+                              TargetPropertyEntry;
+  for(std::vector<TargetPropertyEntry*>::const_iterator
+        i = this->Internal->SourceEntries.begin();
+      i != this->Internal->SourceEntries.end(); ++i)
+    {
+    std::string entry = (*i)->ge->GetInput();
+
+    std::vector<std::string> files;
+    cmSystemTools::ExpandListArgument(entry, files);
+    for (std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator
+        li = files.begin(); li != files.end(); ++li)
+      {
+      if(cmHasLiteralPrefix(*li, "$<TARGET_OBJECTS:") &&
+          (*li)[li->size() - 1] == '>')
+        {
+        std::string objLibName = li->substr(17, li->size()-18);
+
+        if (cmGeneratorExpression::Find(objLibName) != std::string::npos)
+          {
+          continue;
+          }
+        cmTarget *objLib = this->Makefile->FindTargetToUse(objLibName.c_str());
+        assert(objLib);
+        objlibs.push_back(objLib);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+}
+
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void cmTarget::GetLanguages(std::set<std::string>& languages,
                             const std::string& config,
@@ -5363,26 +5434,7 @@ void cmTarget::GetLanguages(std::set<std::string>& languages,
   std::vector<cmSourceFile const*> externalObjects;
   if (this->Makefile->GetGeneratorTargets().empty())
     {
-    // At configure-time, this method can be called as part of getting the
-    // LOCATION property or to export() a file to be include()d.  However
-    // there is no cmGeneratorTarget at configure-time, so search the SOURCES
-    // for TARGET_OBJECTS instead for backwards compatibility with OLD
-    // behavior of CMP0024 and CMP0026 only.
-    std::vector<std::string> srcs;
-    cmSystemTools::ExpandListArgument(this->GetProperty("SOURCES"), srcs);
-    for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator it = srcs.begin();
-        it != srcs.end(); ++it)
-      {
-      if (cmHasLiteralPrefix(*it, "$<TARGET_OBJECTS:")
-          && cmHasLiteralSuffix(*it, ">"))
-        {
-        std::string objLibName = it->substr(17, it->size()-18);
-        if (cmTarget* tgt = this->Makefile->FindTargetToUse(objLibName))
-          {
-          objectLibraries.push_back(tgt);
-          }
-        }
-      }
+    this->GetObjectLibrariesCMP0026(objectLibraries);
     }
   else
     {
diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.h b/Source/cmTarget.h
index 92b5201b4..0a086cb99 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.h
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.h
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ public:
 
   bool IsImported() const {return this->IsImportedTarget;}
 
+  void GetObjectLibrariesCMP0026(std::vector<cmTarget*>& objlibs) const;
+
   /** The link interface specifies transitive library dependencies and
       other information needed by targets that link to this target.  */
   struct LinkInterface
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/TargetSources/CMP0026-LOCATION-result.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/TargetSources/CMP0026-LOCATION-result.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..573541ac9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/TargetSources/CMP0026-LOCATION-result.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/TargetSources/CMP0026-LOCATION-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/TargetSources/CMP0026-LOCATION-stderr.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10f32932e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/TargetSources/CMP0026-LOCATION-stderr.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+^$
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/TargetSources/CMP0026-LOCATION.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/TargetSources/CMP0026-LOCATION.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..464df3682
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/TargetSources/CMP0026-LOCATION.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+cmake_policy(SET CMP0026 OLD)
+
+add_library(objlib OBJECT
+    empty_1.cpp
+)
+
+add_executable(my_exe
+    empty_2.cpp
+    $<TARGET_OBJECTS:objlib>
+)
+
+get_target_property( loc my_exe LOCATION)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/TargetSources/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/TargetSources/CMakeLists.txt
index 12cd3c775..f452db177 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/TargetSources/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/TargetSources/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.4)
-project(${RunCMake_TEST} NONE)
+project(${RunCMake_TEST} CXX)
 include(${RunCMake_TEST}.cmake)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/TargetSources/RunCMakeTest.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/TargetSources/RunCMakeTest.cmake
index b9095f9b5..01e505c82 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/TargetSources/RunCMakeTest.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/TargetSources/RunCMakeTest.cmake
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ if(RunCMake_GENERATOR MATCHES Xcode
 else()
   run_cmake(OriginDebug)
 endif()
+
+run_cmake(CMP0026-LOCATION)