diff --git a/Modules/Platform/Windows-MSVC.cmake b/Modules/Platform/Windows-MSVC.cmake
index b421b0d6f..a61413a87 100644
--- a/Modules/Platform/Windows-MSVC.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Platform/Windows-MSVC.cmake
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ macro(__windows_compiler_msvc lang)
   set(CMAKE_${lang}_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO_INIT "/MD /Zi /O2 /Ob1 /D NDEBUG")
   set(CMAKE_${lang}_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL_INIT "/MD /O1 /Ob1 /D NDEBUG")
   set(CMAKE_${lang}_LINKER_SUPPORTS_PDB ON)
+  set(CMAKE_NINJA_DEPTYPE_${lang} msvc)
 
   if(NOT CMAKE_RC_COMPILER_INIT)
     set(CMAKE_RC_COMPILER_INIT rc)
@@ -311,4 +312,5 @@ macro(__windows_compiler_msvc lang)
   endif()
 
   enable_language(RC)
+  set(CMAKE_NINJA_CMCLDEPS_RC 1)
 endmacro()
diff --git a/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx
index cb1122c4b..b018005b6 100644
--- a/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -148,17 +148,9 @@ void cmNinjaTargetGenerator::AddIncludeFlags(std::string& languageFlags,
 
 bool cmNinjaTargetGenerator::NeedDepTypeMSVC(const std::string& lang) const
 {
-  if (lang == "C" || lang == "CXX")
-    {
-    cmMakefile* mf = this->GetMakefile();
-    return (
-      strcmp(mf->GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID"), "MSVC") == 0 ||
-      strcmp(mf->GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID"), "MSVC") == 0 ||
-      strcmp(mf->GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_C_SIMULATE_ID"), "MSVC") == 0 ||
-      strcmp(mf->GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_CXX_SIMULATE_ID"), "MSVC") == 0
-      );
-    }
-  return false;
+  return strcmp(
+    this->GetMakefile()->GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_NINJA_DEPTYPE_" + lang),
+    "msvc") == 0;
 }
 
 // TODO: Refactor with
@@ -359,7 +351,7 @@ cmNinjaTargetGenerator
     depfile = "";
     flags += " /showIncludes";
     }
-  else if (lang == "RC" && this->NeedDepTypeMSVC("C"))
+  else if (mf->IsOn("CMAKE_NINJA_CMCLDEPS_"+lang))
     {
     // For the MS resource compiler we need cmcldeps, but skip dependencies
     // for source-file try_compile cases because they are always fresh.