diff --git a/Modules/Platform/cl.cmake b/Modules/Platform/cl.cmake
index 9ab3b00b5..b578ab28a 100644
--- a/Modules/Platform/cl.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Platform/cl.cmake
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ELSE(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE)
 ENDIF(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE)
 # create a shared C++ library
 SET(CMAKE_CXX_CREATE_SHARED_LIBRARY
-  "${CMAKE_LINKER} ${CMAKE_CL_NOLOGO} ${CMAKE_START_TEMP_FILE} /out:<TARGET> /implib:<TARGET_IMPLIB> /pdb:<TARGET_PDB> /dll /version:<TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR>.<TARGET_VERSION_MINOR> <LINK_FLAGS> <OBJECTS> <LINK_LIBRARIES> ${CMAKE_END_TEMP_FILE}")
+  "<CMAKE_LINKER> ${CMAKE_CL_NOLOGO} ${CMAKE_START_TEMP_FILE} /out:<TARGET> /implib:<TARGET_IMPLIB> /pdb:<TARGET_PDB> /dll /version:<TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR>.<TARGET_VERSION_MINOR> <LINK_FLAGS> <OBJECTS> <LINK_LIBRARIES> ${CMAKE_END_TEMP_FILE}")
 SET(CMAKE_CXX_CREATE_SHARED_MODULE ${CMAKE_CXX_CREATE_SHARED_LIBRARY})
 
 # create a C shared library
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ SET(CMAKE_C_CREATE_SHARED_LIBRARY "${CMAKE_CXX_CREATE_SHARED_LIBRARY}")
 SET(CMAKE_C_CREATE_SHARED_MODULE "${CMAKE_CXX_CREATE_SHARED_MODULE}")
 
 # create a C++ static library
-SET(CMAKE_CXX_CREATE_STATIC_LIBRARY  "${CMAKE_LINKER} /lib ${CMAKE_CL_NOLOGO} <LINK_FLAGS> /out:<TARGET> <OBJECTS> ")
+SET(CMAKE_CXX_CREATE_STATIC_LIBRARY  "<CMAKE_LINKER> /lib ${CMAKE_CL_NOLOGO} <LINK_FLAGS> /out:<TARGET> <OBJECTS> ")
 
 # create a C static library
 SET(CMAKE_C_CREATE_STATIC_LIBRARY "${CMAKE_CXX_CREATE_STATIC_LIBRARY}")
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
index c7c727bbb..fce1dcd22 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
@@ -776,6 +776,7 @@ static const char* ruleReplaceVars[] =
   "CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR",
   "CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR",
   "CMAKE_RANLIB",
+  "CMAKE_LINKER",
   0
 };