diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
index 07637b35c..2f3c6c910 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
@@ -216,6 +216,11 @@ bool cmGlobalGenerator::GenerateImportFile(const std::string &file)
   return false;
 }
 
+void cmGlobalGenerator::ForceLinkerLanguages()
+{
+
+}
+
 bool
 cmGlobalGenerator::IsExportedTargetsFile(const std::string &filename) const
 {
@@ -1194,6 +1199,8 @@ void cmGlobalGenerator::Generate()
   // Create per-target generator information.
   this->CreateGeneratorTargets();
 
+  this->ForceLinkerLanguages();
+
 #ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
   for (AutogensType::iterator it = autogens.begin(); it != autogens.end();
        ++it)
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.h b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.h
index 49a418d73..668bb6b54 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.h
@@ -423,6 +423,8 @@ private:
   void WriteSummary(cmTarget* target);
   void FinalizeTargetCompileInfo();
 
+  virtual void ForceLinkerLanguages();
+
   virtual void PrintCompilerAdvice(std::ostream& os, std::string const& lang,
                                    const char* envVar) const;
   void CheckCompilerIdCompatibility(cmMakefile* mf,
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
index 96b23d228..fdf73d675 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
@@ -343,7 +343,6 @@ void cmGlobalXCodeGenerator::Generate()
     // add ALL_BUILD, INSTALL, etc
     this->AddExtraTargets(root, it->second);
     }
-  this->ForceLinkerLanguages();
   this->cmGlobalGenerator::Generate();
   if(cmSystemTools::GetErrorOccuredFlag())
     {