diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx
index 42b42d43b..c5fca9195 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ cmGlobalUnixMakefileGenerator3
       if((!check_all || !gtarget->GetPropertyAsBool("EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL")) &&
          (!check_relink ||
           gtarget->Target
-                   ->NeedRelinkBeforeInstall(lg->ConfigurationName)))
+            ->NeedRelinkBeforeInstall(lg->GetConfigName())))
         {
         std::string tname = lg->GetRelativeTargetDirectory(*gtarget->Target);
         tname += "/";
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ cmGlobalUnixMakefileGenerator3
         // Add a local name for the rule to relink the target before
         // installation.
         if(gtarget->Target
-                    ->NeedRelinkBeforeInstall(lg->ConfigurationName))
+             ->NeedRelinkBeforeInstall(lg->GetConfigName()))
           {
           makeTargetName = lg->GetRelativeTargetDirectory(*gtarget->Target);
           makeTargetName += "/preinstall";
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ cmGlobalUnixMakefileGenerator3
 
       // Add rules to prepare the target for installation.
       if(gtarget->Target
-                  ->NeedRelinkBeforeInstall(lg->ConfigurationName))
+           ->NeedRelinkBeforeInstall(lg->GetConfigName()))
         {
         localName = lg->GetRelativeTargetDirectory(*gtarget->Target);
         localName += "/preinstall";
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx b/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx
index e3acbaf25..1c6bd7cff 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx
@@ -104,12 +104,12 @@ void cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3::Generate()
   if(const char* config = this->Makefile->GetDefinition("CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE"))
     {
     // Use the build type given by the user.
-    this->ConfigurationName = config;
+    this->ConfigName = config;
     }
   else
     {
     // No configuration type given.
-    this->ConfigurationName = "";
+    this->ConfigName = "";
     }
 
   // Record whether some options are enabled to avoid checking many
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ void cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3
       // Add a local name for the rule to relink the target before
       // installation.
       if(t->second->Target
-                  ->NeedRelinkBeforeInstall(this->ConfigurationName))
+                  ->NeedRelinkBeforeInstall(this->ConfigName))
         {
         makeTargetName = this->GetRelativeTargetDirectory(*t->second->Target);
         makeTargetName += "/preinstall";
@@ -1017,7 +1017,7 @@ cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3
   for(std::vector<cmCustomCommand>::const_iterator i = ccs.begin();
       i != ccs.end(); ++i)
     {
-    cmCustomCommandGenerator ccg(*i, this->ConfigurationName,
+    cmCustomCommandGenerator ccg(*i, this->ConfigName,
                                  this->Makefile);
     this->AppendCustomDepend(depends, ccg);
     }
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3
     {
     // Lookup the real name of the dependency in case it is a CMake target.
     std::string dep;
-    if(this->GetRealDependency(*d, this->ConfigurationName,
+    if(this->GetRealDependency(*d, this->ConfigName,
                                dep))
       {
       depends.push_back(dep);
@@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@ cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3
   for(std::vector<cmCustomCommand>::const_iterator i = ccs.begin();
       i != ccs.end(); ++i)
     {
-    cmCustomCommandGenerator ccg(*i, this->ConfigurationName,
+    cmCustomCommandGenerator ccg(*i, this->ConfigName,
                                  this->Makefile);
     this->AppendCustomCommand(commands, ccg, target, true, relative);
     }
@@ -2043,7 +2043,7 @@ void cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3
     // Build a list of preprocessor definitions for the target.
     std::set<std::string> defines;
     this->AddCompileDefinitions(defines, &target,
-                                this->ConfigurationName, l->first);
+                                this->ConfigName, l->first);
     if(!defines.empty())
       {
       cmakefileStream
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.h b/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.h
index 70d59decd..ed77a5fd5 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.h
+++ b/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public:
    */
   virtual void Generate();
 
+  std::string const& GetConfigName() { return this->ConfigName; }
 
   // this returns the relative path between the HomeOutputDirectory and this
   // local generators StartOutputDirectory
@@ -253,7 +254,7 @@ private:
 
   ImplicitDependTargetMap ImplicitDepends;
 
-  std::string ConfigurationName;
+  std::string ConfigName;
 
   std::string HomeRelativeOutputPath;
 
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
index 3e45d104b..33713815e 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ cmMakefileTargetGenerator::cmMakefileTargetGenerator(cmGeneratorTarget* target)
   this->FortranModuleDirectoryComputed = false;
   this->LocalGenerator =
     static_cast<cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3*>(target->GetLocalGenerator());
-  this->ConfigName = this->LocalGenerator->ConfigurationName.c_str();
+  this->ConfigName = this->LocalGenerator->GetConfigName().c_str();
   this->GlobalGenerator =
     static_cast<cmGlobalUnixMakefileGenerator3*>(
       this->LocalGenerator->GetGlobalGenerator());
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ std::string cmMakefileTargetGenerator::GetDefines(const std::string &l)
 
     // Add preprocessor definitions for this target and configuration.
     this->LocalGenerator->AddCompileDefinitions(defines, this->Target,
-                            this->LocalGenerator->ConfigurationName, l);
+                            this->LocalGenerator->GetConfigName(), l);
 
     std::string definesString;
     this->LocalGenerator->JoinDefines(defines, definesString, lang);
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ cmMakefileTargetGenerator
   this->LocalGenerator->AppendFlags(flags, langFlags);
 
   std::string configUpper =
-    cmSystemTools::UpperCase(this->LocalGenerator->ConfigurationName);
+    cmSystemTools::UpperCase(this->LocalGenerator->GetConfigName());
 
   // Add Fortran format flags.
   if(lang == "Fortran")
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ void cmMakefileTargetGenerator::WriteTargetDependRules()
     << "# Targets to which this target links.\n"
     << "set(CMAKE_TARGET_LINKED_INFO_FILES\n";
   std::set<cmTarget const*> emitted;
-  const char* cfg = this->LocalGenerator->ConfigurationName.c_str();
+  const char* cfg = this->LocalGenerator->GetConfigName().c_str();
   if(cmComputeLinkInformation* cli = this->Target->GetLinkInformation(cfg))
     {
     cmComputeLinkInformation::ItemVector const& items = cli->GetItems();
@@ -1597,7 +1597,7 @@ std::string cmMakefileTargetGenerator::GetFrameworkFlags(std::string const& l)
     }
 
   std::string flags;
-  const char* cfg = this->LocalGenerator->ConfigurationName.c_str();
+  const char* cfg = this->LocalGenerator->GetConfigName().c_str();
   if(cmComputeLinkInformation* cli = this->Target->GetLinkInformation(cfg))
     {
     std::vector<std::string> const& frameworks = cli->GetFrameworkPaths();
@@ -1627,7 +1627,7 @@ void cmMakefileTargetGenerator
     }
 
   // Loop over all library dependencies.
-  const char* cfg = this->LocalGenerator->ConfigurationName.c_str();
+  const char* cfg = this->LocalGenerator->GetConfigName().c_str();
   if(cmComputeLinkInformation* cli = this->Target->GetLinkInformation(cfg))
     {
     std::vector<std::string> const& libDeps = cli->GetDepends();