diff --git a/Source/CTest/cmCTestBuildHandler.cxx b/Source/CTest/cmCTestBuildHandler.cxx
index eb0b75dd8..3b8dffab1 100644
--- a/Source/CTest/cmCTestBuildHandler.cxx
+++ b/Source/CTest/cmCTestBuildHandler.cxx
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static const char* cmCTestErrorMatches[] = {
   "Makefile:[0-9]+: \\*\\*\\* .*  Stop\\.",
   ": No such file or directory",
   ": Invalid argument",
-  "^The project cannot be built\.",
+  "^The project cannot be built\\.",
   0
 };