diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
index 938977bfb..c366bcb73 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
@@ -3739,7 +3739,7 @@ cmGlobalXCodeGenerator
 
   const char* configName = this->GetCMakeCFGIntDir();
   std::string dir = this->GetObjectsNormalDirectory(
-    this->CurrentProject, configName, gt->Target);
+    "$(PROJECT_NAME)", configName, gt->Target);
   if(this->XcodeVersion >= 21)
     {
     dir += "$(CURRENT_ARCH)/";
diff --git a/Tests/ObjectLibrary/A/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/ObjectLibrary/A/CMakeLists.txt
index 121a8acba..04ab02f16 100644
--- a/Tests/ObjectLibrary/A/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/ObjectLibrary/A/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+project(ObjectLibraryA)
 # Add -fPIC so objects can be used in shared libraries.
 # TODO: Need property for this.
 if(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_C_FLAGS AND NOT WATCOM)
diff --git a/Tests/ObjectLibrary/B/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/ObjectLibrary/B/CMakeLists.txt
index 67172d132..4b0b07d1c 100644
--- a/Tests/ObjectLibrary/B/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/ObjectLibrary/B/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+project(ObjectLibraryB)
 if("${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" MATCHES "Visual Studio 6")
   # VS 6 generator does not use per-target object locations.
   set(vs6 _vs6)