diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.cxx b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
index ca24d2d18..acae0b3eb 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
@@ -927,10 +927,13 @@ void cmTarget::AddSources(std::vector<std::string> const& srcs)
 
     if(!(src[0] == '$' && src[1] == '<'))
       {
-      filename = this->ProcessSourceItemCMP0049(filename);
-      if (cmSystemTools::GetErrorOccuredFlag())
+      if(!filename.empty())
         {
-        return;
+        filename = this->ProcessSourceItemCMP0049(filename);
+        if(filename.empty())
+          {
+          return;
+          }
         }
       this->Makefile->GetOrCreateSource(filename);
       }
@@ -998,8 +1001,7 @@ std::string cmTarget::ProcessSourceItemCMP0049(const std::string& s)
 cmSourceFile* cmTarget::AddSourceCMP0049(const std::string& s)
 {
   std::string src = this->ProcessSourceItemCMP0049(s);
-
-  if (cmSystemTools::GetErrorOccuredFlag())
+  if(!s.empty() && src.empty())
     {
     return 0;
     }
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/CustomTargetAfterError-result.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/CustomTargetAfterError-result.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d00491fd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/CustomTargetAfterError-result.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/CustomTargetAfterError-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/CustomTargetAfterError-stderr.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ce7daf6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/CustomTargetAfterError-stderr.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+^CMake Error at CustomTargetAfterError.cmake:1 \(message\):
+  Error before add_custom_target
+Call Stack \(most recent call first\):
+  CMakeLists.txt:3 \(include\)
++
+CMake Error at CustomTargetAfterError.cmake:3 \(message\):
+  Error after add_custom_target
+Call Stack \(most recent call first\):
+  CMakeLists.txt:3 \(include\)$
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/CustomTargetAfterError.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/CustomTargetAfterError.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e264553b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/CustomTargetAfterError.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+message(SEND_ERROR "Error before add_custom_target")
+add_custom_target(foo COMMAND echo)
+message(SEND_ERROR "Error after add_custom_target")
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/RunCMakeTest.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/RunCMakeTest.cmake
index 5ef0384db..58e1a2a98 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/RunCMakeTest.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/RunCMakeTest.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 include(RunCMake)
 
+run_cmake(CustomTargetAfterError)
 run_cmake(ErrorLogs)
 run_cmake(FailCopyFileABI)