diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
index 2909b332d..84de442f0 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
@@ -1857,6 +1857,22 @@ std::string cmLocalGenerator::GetRealDependency(const char* inName,
   // Look for a CMake target with the given name.
   if(cmTarget* target = this->GlobalGenerator->FindTarget(0, name.c_str()))
     {
+    // make sure it is not just a coincidence that the target name
+    // found is part of the inName
+    if(cmSystemTools::FileIsFullPath(inName))
+      {
+      std::string tLocation = target->GetLocation(config);
+      tLocation = cmSystemTools::GetFilenamePath(tLocation);
+      std::string depLocation = cmSystemTools::GetFilenamePath(
+        std::string(inName));
+      if(depLocation != tLocation)
+        {
+        // it is a full path to a depend that has the same name
+        // as a target but is in a different location so do not use
+        // the target as the depend
+        return inName;
+        }
+      }
     switch (target->GetType())
       {
       case cmTarget::EXECUTABLE:
diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.cxx b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
index e7e3b9924..0033d16c1 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
@@ -229,16 +229,42 @@ void cmTarget::TraceVSDependencies(std::string projFile,
       // add its dependencies to the list to check
       unsigned int i;
       for (i = 0; i < outsf->GetCustomCommand()->GetDepends().size(); ++i)
-        {
+        { 
         std::string dep = cmSystemTools::GetFilenameName(
           outsf->GetCustomCommand()->GetDepends()[i]);
         if (cmSystemTools::GetFilenameLastExtension(dep) == ".exe")
           {
           dep = cmSystemTools::GetFilenameWithoutLastExtension(dep);
           }
-        // watch for target dependencies,
-        if(this->Makefile->GetLocalGenerator()->
-           GetGlobalGenerator()->FindTarget(0, dep.c_str()))
+        bool isUtility = false;
+        // see if we can find a target with this name
+        cmTarget* t =  this->Makefile->GetLocalGenerator()->
+          GetGlobalGenerator()->FindTarget(0, dep.c_str());
+        if(t)
+          {
+          // if we find the target and the dep was given as a full
+          // path, then make sure it was not a full path to something
+          // else, and the fact that the name matched a target was 
+          // just a coincident 
+          if(cmSystemTools::FileIsFullPath(
+               outsf->GetCustomCommand()->GetDepends()[i].c_str()))
+            {
+            std::string tLocation = t->GetLocation(0);
+            tLocation = cmSystemTools::GetFilenamePath(tLocation);
+            std::string depLocation = cmSystemTools::GetFilenamePath(
+              std::string(outsf->GetCustomCommand()->GetDepends()[i].c_str()));
+            if(depLocation == tLocation)
+              {
+              isUtility = true;
+              }
+            }
+          // if it was not a full path then it must be a target
+          else
+            {
+            isUtility = true;
+            }
+          }
+        if(isUtility)
           {
           // add the depend as a utility on the target
           this->AddUtility(dep.c_str());