diff --git a/Source/cmExportBuildFileGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmExportBuildFileGenerator.cxx
index 7147f86be..e1c26c664 100644
--- a/Source/cmExportBuildFileGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmExportBuildFileGenerator.cxx
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ bool cmExportBuildFileGenerator::GenerateMainFile(std::ostream& os)
         tei = this->Exports->begin();
       tei != this->Exports->end(); ++tei)
     {
-    expectedTargets += sep + this->Namespace + (*tei)->GetName();
+    expectedTargets += sep + this->Namespace + (*tei)->GetExportName();
     sep = " ";
     cmTarget* te = *tei;
     if(this->ExportedTargets.insert(te).second)
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ cmExportBuildFileGenerator::HandleMissingTarget(
   // Assume the target will be exported by another command.
   // Append it with the export namespace.
   link_libs += this->Namespace;
-  link_libs += dependee->GetName();
+  link_libs += dependee->GetExportName();
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/Source/cmExportFileGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmExportFileGenerator.cxx
index 27ec56beb..a6ccbd580 100644
--- a/Source/cmExportFileGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmExportFileGenerator.cxx
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ void cmExportFileGenerator::GenerateInterfaceProperties(cmTarget *target,
   if (!properties.empty())
     {
     std::string targetName = this->Namespace;
-    targetName += target->GetName();
+    targetName += target->GetExportName();
     os << "set_target_properties(" << targetName << " PROPERTIES\n";
     for(ImportPropertyMap::const_iterator pi = properties.begin();
         pi != properties.end(); ++pi)
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ cmExportFileGenerator::AddTargetNamespace(std::string &input,
     }
   if(this->ExportedTargets.find(tgt) != this->ExportedTargets.end())
     {
-    input = this->Namespace + input;
+    input = this->Namespace + tgt->GetExportName();
     }
   else
     {
@@ -772,7 +772,8 @@ cmExportFileGenerator
 {
   // Construct the imported target name.
   std::string targetName = this->Namespace;
-  targetName += target->GetName();
+
+  targetName += target->GetExportName();
 
   // Create the imported target.
   os << "# Create imported target " << targetName << "\n";
@@ -835,7 +836,8 @@ cmExportFileGenerator
 {
   // Construct the imported target name.
   std::string targetName = this->Namespace;
-  targetName += target->GetName();
+
+  targetName += target->GetExportName();
 
   // Set the import properties.
   os << "# Import target \"" << targetName << "\" for configuration \""
@@ -954,7 +956,7 @@ cmExportFileGenerator
 {
   // Construct the imported target name.
   std::string targetName = this->Namespace;
-  targetName += target->GetName();
+  targetName += target->GetExportName();
 
   os << "list(APPEND _IMPORT_CHECK_TARGETS " << targetName << " )\n"
         "list(APPEND _IMPORT_CHECK_FILES_FOR_" << targetName << " ";
diff --git a/Source/cmExportInstallFileGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmExportInstallFileGenerator.cxx
index ad12b5a13..55081a76f 100644
--- a/Source/cmExportInstallFileGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmExportInstallFileGenerator.cxx
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ bool cmExportInstallFileGenerator::GenerateMainFile(std::ostream& os)
         tei = this->IEGen->GetExportSet()->GetTargetExports()->begin();
       tei != this->IEGen->GetExportSet()->GetTargetExports()->end(); ++tei)
     {
-    expectedTargets += sep + this->Namespace + (*tei)->Target->GetName();
+    expectedTargets += sep + this->Namespace + (*tei)->Target->GetExportName();
     sep = " ";
     cmTargetExport const* te = *tei;
     if(this->ExportedTargets.insert(te->Target).second)
@@ -395,13 +395,14 @@ cmExportInstallFileGenerator::HandleMissingTarget(
   std::string& link_libs, std::vector<std::string>& missingTargets,
   cmMakefile* mf, cmTarget* depender, cmTarget* dependee)
 {
-  std::string name = dependee->GetName();
+  const std::string name = dependee->GetName();
   std::vector<std::string> namespaces = this->FindNamespaces(mf, name);
   int targetOccurrences = (int)namespaces.size();
   if (targetOccurrences == 1)
     {
     std::string missingTarget = namespaces[0];
-    missingTarget += name;
+
+    missingTarget += dependee->GetExportName();
     link_libs += missingTarget;
     missingTargets.push_back(missingTarget);
     }
diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.cxx b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
index ed8edcc07..3f6488a39 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
@@ -866,6 +866,13 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
      "This property is the configuration-specific version of "
      "OSX_ARCHITECTURES.");
 
+  cm->DefineProperty
+    ("EXPORT_NAME", cmProperty::TARGET,
+     "Exported name for target files.",
+     "This sets the name for the IMPORTED target generated when it this "
+     "target is is exported.  "
+     "If not set, the logical target name is used by default.");
+
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("OUTPUT_NAME", cmProperty::TARGET,
      "Output name for target files.",
@@ -2719,6 +2726,14 @@ void cmTarget::SetProperty(const char* prop, const char* value)
                           new cmTargetInternals::IncludeDirectoriesEntry(cge));
     return;
     }
+  if(strcmp(prop,"EXPORT_NAME") == 0 && this->IsImported())
+    {
+    cmOStringStream e;
+    e << "EXPORT_NAME property can't be set on imported targets (\""
+          << this->Name << "\")\n";
+    this->Makefile->IssueMessage(cmake::FATAL_ERROR, e.str().c_str());
+    return;
+    }
   if (strcmp(prop, "LINK_LIBRARIES") == 0)
     {
     this->Internal->LinkInterfaceIncludeDirectoriesEntries.clear();
@@ -2753,6 +2768,14 @@ void cmTarget::AppendProperty(const char* prop, const char* value,
               new cmTargetInternals::IncludeDirectoriesEntry(ge.Parse(value)));
     return;
     }
+  if(strcmp(prop,"EXPORT_NAME") == 0 && this->IsImported())
+    {
+    cmOStringStream e;
+    e << "EXPORT_NAME property can't be set on imported targets (\""
+          << this->Name << "\")\n";
+    this->Makefile->IssueMessage(cmake::FATAL_ERROR, e.str().c_str());
+    return;
+    }
   if (strcmp(prop, "LINK_LIBRARIES") == 0)
     {
     if (cmGeneratorExpression::IsValidTargetName(value)
@@ -2769,6 +2792,26 @@ void cmTarget::AppendProperty(const char* prop, const char* value,
   this->MaybeInvalidatePropertyCache(prop);
 }
 
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+const char* cmTarget::GetExportName()
+{
+  const char *exportName = this->GetProperty("EXPORT_NAME");
+
+  if (exportName && *exportName)
+    {
+    if (!cmGeneratorExpression::IsValidTargetName(exportName))
+      {
+      cmOStringStream e;
+      e << "EXPORT_NAME property \"" << exportName << "\" for \""
+        << this->GetName() << "\": is not valid.";
+      cmSystemTools::Error(e.str().c_str());
+      return "";
+      }
+    return exportName;
+    }
+  return this->GetName();
+}
+
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void cmTarget::AppendBuildInterfaceIncludes()
 {
diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.h b/Source/cmTarget.h
index 9d467961b..42a31db1e 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.h
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ public:
 
   ///! Set/Get the name of the target
   const char* GetName() const {return this->Name.c_str();}
+  const char* GetExportName();
 
   ///! Set the cmMakefile that owns this target
   void SetMakefile(cmMakefile *mf);
diff --git a/Tests/ExportImport/Export/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/ExportImport/Export/CMakeLists.txt
index be48483da..e3f23b81a 100644
--- a/Tests/ExportImport/Export/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/ExportImport/Export/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ set_property(TARGET testLibRequired APPEND PROPERTY
 
 include(GenerateExportHeader)
 
+add_subdirectory(renamed)
+
 add_library(testSharedLibRequired SHARED testSharedLibRequired.cpp)
 generate_export_header(testSharedLibRequired)
 set_property(TARGET testSharedLibRequired
@@ -219,13 +221,12 @@ set_property(TARGET testSharedLibDepends APPEND PROPERTY
   INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:$<INSTALL_PREFIX>/include/testSharedLibDepends>"
                                 "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR};${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>"
 )
-set_property(TARGET testSharedLibDepends APPEND PROPERTY
-  LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES
-    $<$<STREQUAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:TYPE>,EXECUTABLE>:$<TARGET_NAME:testSharedLibRequired>>
-)
 
 # LINK_PRIVATE because the LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES is specified above.
 target_link_libraries(testSharedLibDepends LINK_PRIVATE testSharedLibRequired)
+target_link_libraries(testSharedLibDepends LINK_PUBLIC renamed_on_export)
+target_link_libraries(testSharedLibDepends LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES
+  $<$<STREQUAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:TYPE>,EXECUTABLE>:$<TARGET_NAME:testSharedLibRequired>>)
 
 install(TARGETS testLibRequired
                 testLibIncludeRequired1
@@ -310,7 +311,7 @@ add_subdirectory(sublib) # For CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR_IN_INTERFACE test.
 # Export from build tree.
 export(TARGETS testExe1 testLib1 testLib2 testLib3
   testExe2libImp testLib3Imp testLib3ImpDep subdirlib
-  testSharedLibRequired testSharedLibDepends
+  testSharedLibRequired testSharedLibDepends renamed_on_export
   NAMESPACE bld_
   FILE ExportBuildTree.cmake
   )
diff --git a/Tests/ExportImport/Export/renamed/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/ExportImport/Export/renamed/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a76325139
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/ExportImport/Export/renamed/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+
+add_library(renamed_on_export SHARED renamed.cxx)
+generate_export_header(renamed_on_export)
+target_include_directories(renamed_on_export
+  PUBLIC "$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:$<INSTALL_PREFIX>/include/renamed>"
+         "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR};${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>"
+)
+set_property(TARGET renamed_on_export
+  PROPERTY
+    EXPORT_NAME renamed
+)
+
+install(FILES
+  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/renamed.h"
+  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/renamed_on_export_export.h"
+    DESTINATION include/renamed
+)
+
+install(TARGETS renamed_on_export
+        EXPORT exp DESTINATION lib )
diff --git a/Tests/ExportImport/Export/renamed/renamed.cxx b/Tests/ExportImport/Export/renamed/renamed.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3e3e7e12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/ExportImport/Export/renamed/renamed.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+#include "renamed.h"
+
+int Renamed::foo()
+{
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/Tests/ExportImport/Export/renamed/renamed.h b/Tests/ExportImport/Export/renamed/renamed.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06ac601d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/ExportImport/Export/renamed/renamed.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+#ifndef RENAMED_H
+#define RENAMED_H
+
+#include "renamed_on_export_export.h"
+
+struct RENAMED_ON_EXPORT_EXPORT Renamed
+{
+  int foo();
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/Tests/ExportImport/Export/testSharedLibDepends.cpp b/Tests/ExportImport/Export/testSharedLibDepends.cpp
index e27920725..962223faf 100644
--- a/Tests/ExportImport/Export/testSharedLibDepends.cpp
+++ b/Tests/ExportImport/Export/testSharedLibDepends.cpp
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
 int TestSharedLibDepends::foo()
 {
   TestSharedLibRequired req;
-  return req.foo();
+  Renamed renamed;
+  return req.foo() + renamed.foo();
 }
diff --git a/Tests/ExportImport/Export/testSharedLibDepends.h b/Tests/ExportImport/Export/testSharedLibDepends.h
index b93143a5c..8b2f84eb3 100644
--- a/Tests/ExportImport/Export/testSharedLibDepends.h
+++ b/Tests/ExportImport/Export/testSharedLibDepends.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "testsharedlibdepends_export.h"
 
 #include "testSharedLibRequired.h"
+#include "renamed.h"
 
 struct TESTSHAREDLIBDEPENDS_EXPORT TestSharedLibDepends
 {
diff --git a/Tests/ExportImport/Import/A/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/ExportImport/Import/A/CMakeLists.txt
index 0337130f4..65b1a3622 100644
--- a/Tests/ExportImport/Import/A/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/ExportImport/Import/A/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -183,6 +183,12 @@ else()
   endif()
 endif()
 
+add_executable(exp_renamed_test renamed_test.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(exp_renamed_test exp_renamed)
+
+add_executable(bld_renamed_test renamed_test.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(bld_renamed_test bld_renamed)
+
 if (run_pic_test)
   target_compile_definitions(deps_shared_iface PRIVATE CHECK_PIC_WORKS)
 endif()
diff --git a/Tests/ExportImport/Import/A/deps_shared_iface.cpp b/Tests/ExportImport/Import/A/deps_shared_iface.cpp
index 2f0e74a07..32e04dbf1 100644
--- a/Tests/ExportImport/Import/A/deps_shared_iface.cpp
+++ b/Tests/ExportImport/Import/A/deps_shared_iface.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #ifdef TEST_SUBDIR_LIB
 #include "subdir.h"
+#include "renamed.h"
 #endif
 
 int main(int,char **)
@@ -31,11 +32,12 @@ int main(int,char **)
 
 #ifdef TEST_SUBDIR_LIB
   SubDirObject sdo;
+  Renamed ren;
 #endif
 
   return dep.foo() + req.foo()
 #ifdef TEST_SUBDIR_LIB
-                   + sdo.foo()
+                   + sdo.foo() + ren.foo()
 #endif
                               ;
 }
diff --git a/Tests/ExportImport/Import/A/renamed_test.cpp b/Tests/ExportImport/Import/A/renamed_test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e2ee126aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/ExportImport/Import/A/renamed_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+#include "renamed.h"
+
+int main(int, char **)
+{
+  Renamed ren;
+  return ren.foo();
+}