diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
index 47d254e32..6b5cb973c 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
@@ -1606,6 +1606,7 @@ void cmGlobalGenerator::CreateGeneratorTargets(TargetTypes targetTypes,
     {
     cmGeneratorTarget* gt = new cmGeneratorTarget(*j, lg);
     this->GeneratorTargets[*j] = gt;
+    lg->AddImportedGeneratorTarget(gt);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
index 9d5335ec5..1bc7f810b 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
@@ -455,6 +455,11 @@ void cmLocalGenerator::AddGeneratorTarget(cmGeneratorTarget* gt)
   this->GeneratorTargets.push_back(gt);
 }
 
+void cmLocalGenerator::AddImportedGeneratorTarget(cmGeneratorTarget* gt)
+{
+  this->ImportedGeneratorTargets.push_back(gt);
+}
+
 struct NamedGeneratorTargetFinder
 {
   NamedGeneratorTargetFinder(std::string const& name)
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
index 91a476fa0..7841d0528 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ public:
     }
 
   void AddGeneratorTarget(cmGeneratorTarget* gt);
+  void AddImportedGeneratorTarget(cmGeneratorTarget* gt);
 
   cmGeneratorTarget* FindGeneratorTarget(const std::string& name) const;
   cmGeneratorTarget* FindGeneratorTargetToUse(const std::string& name) const;
@@ -373,6 +374,7 @@ protected:
 
   std::set<cmGeneratorTarget const*> WarnCMP0063;
   std::vector<cmGeneratorTarget*> GeneratorTargets;
+  std::vector<cmGeneratorTarget*> ImportedGeneratorTargets;
   std::map<std::string, std::string> AliasTargets;
 
   bool EmitUniversalBinaryFlags;