diff --git a/Source/cmLinkDirectoriesCommand.cxx b/Source/cmLinkDirectoriesCommand.cxx
index 468fda239..9f336bc23 100644
--- a/Source/cmLinkDirectoriesCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLinkDirectoriesCommand.cxx
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ bool cmLinkDirectoriesCommand::InitialPass(std::vector<std::string> const& argsI
 {
  if(argsIn.size() < 1 )
     {
-    this->SetError("called with incorrect number of arguments");
-    return false;
+    return true;
     }
  std::vector<std::string> args;
  cmSystemTools::ExpandListArguments(argsIn, args);