diff --git a/Source/cmake.cxx b/Source/cmake.cxx
index 0aca69fd6..b8e3c2474 100644
--- a/Source/cmake.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmake.cxx
@@ -1179,6 +1179,22 @@ bool cmake::CacheVersionMatches()
   return cacheSameCMake;
 }
 
+void cmake::PreLoadCMakeFiles()
+{
+  std::string pre_load = this->GetHomeDirectory();
+  pre_load += "/PreLoad.cmake";
+  if ( cmSystemTools::FileExists(pre_load.c_str()) )
+    {
+    this->ReadListFile(pre_load.c_str());
+    }
+  pre_load = this->GetHomeOutputDirectory();
+  pre_load += "/PreLoad.cmake";
+  if ( cmSystemTools::FileExists(pre_load.c_str()) )
+    {
+    this->ReadListFile(pre_load.c_str());
+    }
+}
+
 // handle a command line invocation
 int cmake::Run(const std::vector<std::string>& args, bool noconfigure)
 {
@@ -1205,19 +1221,8 @@ int cmake::Run(const std::vector<std::string>& args, bool noconfigure)
     return -1;
     }
 
-  std::string pre_load = this->GetHomeDirectory();
-  pre_load += "/PreLoad.cmake";
-  if ( cmSystemTools::FileExists(pre_load.c_str()) )
-    {
-    this->ReadListFile(pre_load.c_str());
-    }
-  pre_load = this->GetHomeOutputDirectory();
-  pre_load += "/PreLoad.cmake";
-  if ( cmSystemTools::FileExists(pre_load.c_str()) )
-    {
-    this->ReadListFile(pre_load.c_str());
-    }
- 
+  this->PreLoadCMakeFiles();
+
   std::string systemFile = this->GetHomeOutputDirectory();
   systemFile += "/CMakeSystem.cmake";
 
diff --git a/Source/cmake.h b/Source/cmake.h
index ccca7bd9b..7f13f74fb 100644
--- a/Source/cmake.h
+++ b/Source/cmake.h
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ class cmake
    * files for the tree. It will not produce any actual Makefiles, or
    * workspaces. Generate does that.  */
   int LoadCache();
+  void PreLoadCMakeFiles();
 
   ///! Create a GlobalGenerator
   cmGlobalGenerator* CreateGlobalGenerator(const char* name);