diff --git a/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx b/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx
index a2ac38ad6..824d4b89a 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ void cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3::AppendCustomDepend(
 
 void cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3::AppendCustomCommands(
   std::vector<std::string>& commands, const std::vector<cmCustomCommand>& ccs,
-  cmGeneratorTarget* target, cmOutputConverter::RelativeRoot relative)
+  cmGeneratorTarget* target, std::string const& relative)
 {
   for (std::vector<cmCustomCommand>::const_iterator i = ccs.begin();
        i != ccs.end(); ++i) {
@@ -911,8 +911,8 @@ void cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3::AppendCustomCommands(
 
 void cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3::AppendCustomCommand(
   std::vector<std::string>& commands, cmCustomCommandGenerator const& ccg,
-  cmGeneratorTarget* target, cmOutputConverter::RelativeRoot relative,
-  bool echo_comment, std::ostream* content)
+  cmGeneratorTarget* target, std::string const& relative, bool echo_comment,
+  std::ostream* content)
 {
   // Optionally create a command to display the custom command's
   // comment text.  This is used for pre-build, pre-link, and
@@ -1011,8 +1011,7 @@ void cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3::AppendCustomCommand(
   }
 
   // Setup the proper working directory for the commands.
-  std::string relativeDir = this->GetRelativeRootPath(relative);
-  this->CreateCDCommand(commands1, dir.c_str(), relativeDir);
+  this->CreateCDCommand(commands1, dir.c_str(), relative);
 
   // push back the custom commands
   commands.insert(commands.end(), commands1.begin(), commands1.end());
@@ -1559,9 +1558,9 @@ void cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3::WriteLocalAllRules(
       this->AppendCustomDepends(depends, gt->GetPreBuildCommands());
       this->AppendCustomDepends(depends, gt->GetPostBuildCommands());
       this->AppendCustomCommands(commands, gt->GetPreBuildCommands(), gt,
-                                 cmOutputConverter::START_OUTPUT);
+                                 this->GetCurrentBinaryDirectory());
       this->AppendCustomCommands(commands, gt->GetPostBuildCommands(), gt,
-                                 cmOutputConverter::START_OUTPUT);
+                                 this->GetCurrentBinaryDirectory());
       std::string targetName = gt->GetName();
       this->WriteMakeRule(ruleFileStream, targetString.c_str(), targetName,
                           depends, commands, true);
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.h b/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.h
index ed167b395..243cc3d65 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.h
+++ b/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.h
@@ -228,15 +228,16 @@ protected:
                            const std::vector<cmCustomCommand>& ccs);
   void AppendCustomDepend(std::vector<std::string>& depends,
                           cmCustomCommandGenerator const& cc);
-  void AppendCustomCommands(
-    std::vector<std::string>& commands,
-    const std::vector<cmCustomCommand>& ccs, cmGeneratorTarget* target,
-    cmOutputConverter::RelativeRoot relative = cmOutputConverter::HOME_OUTPUT);
-  void AppendCustomCommand(
-    std::vector<std::string>& commands, cmCustomCommandGenerator const& ccg,
-    cmGeneratorTarget* target,
-    cmOutputConverter::RelativeRoot relative = cmOutputConverter::HOME_OUTPUT,
-    bool echo_comment = false, std::ostream* content = CM_NULLPTR);
+  void AppendCustomCommands(std::vector<std::string>& commands,
+                            const std::vector<cmCustomCommand>& ccs,
+                            cmGeneratorTarget* target,
+                            std::string const& relative);
+  void AppendCustomCommand(std::vector<std::string>& commands,
+                           cmCustomCommandGenerator const& ccg,
+                           cmGeneratorTarget* target,
+                           std::string const& relative,
+                           bool echo_comment = false,
+                           std::ostream* content = CM_NULLPTR);
   void AppendCleanCommand(std::vector<std::string>& commands,
                           const std::vector<std::string>& files,
                           cmGeneratorTarget* target,
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator.cxx
index daf15870c..74bfedc52 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -257,10 +257,10 @@ void cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator::WriteExecutableRule(bool relink)
   if (!relink) {
     this->LocalGenerator->AppendCustomCommands(
       commands, this->GeneratorTarget->GetPreBuildCommands(),
-      this->GeneratorTarget);
+      this->GeneratorTarget, this->LocalGenerator->GetBinaryDirectory());
     this->LocalGenerator->AppendCustomCommands(
       commands, this->GeneratorTarget->GetPreLinkCommands(),
-      this->GeneratorTarget);
+      this->GeneratorTarget, this->LocalGenerator->GetBinaryDirectory());
   }
 
   // Determine whether a link script will be used.
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ void cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator::WriteExecutableRule(bool relink)
   if (!relink) {
     this->LocalGenerator->AppendCustomCommands(
       commands, this->GeneratorTarget->GetPostBuildCommands(),
-      this->GeneratorTarget);
+      this->GeneratorTarget, this->LocalGenerator->GetBinaryDirectory());
   }
 
   // Write the build rule.
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefileLibraryTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmMakefileLibraryTargetGenerator.cxx
index b3cd6a236..6727bd050 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefileLibraryTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefileLibraryTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ void cmMakefileLibraryTargetGenerator::WriteObjectLibraryRules()
   // Add post-build rules.
   this->LocalGenerator->AppendCustomCommands(
     commands, this->GeneratorTarget->GetPostBuildCommands(),
-    this->GeneratorTarget);
+    this->GeneratorTarget, this->LocalGenerator->GetBinaryDirectory());
 
   // Depend on the object files.
   this->AppendObjectDepends(depends);
@@ -427,10 +427,10 @@ void cmMakefileLibraryTargetGenerator::WriteLibraryRules(
   if (!relink) {
     this->LocalGenerator->AppendCustomCommands(
       commands, this->GeneratorTarget->GetPreBuildCommands(),
-      this->GeneratorTarget);
+      this->GeneratorTarget, this->LocalGenerator->GetBinaryDirectory());
     this->LocalGenerator->AppendCustomCommands(
       commands, this->GeneratorTarget->GetPreLinkCommands(),
-      this->GeneratorTarget);
+      this->GeneratorTarget, this->LocalGenerator->GetBinaryDirectory());
   }
 
   // Determine whether a link script will be used.
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ void cmMakefileLibraryTargetGenerator::WriteLibraryRules(
   if (!relink) {
     this->LocalGenerator->AppendCustomCommands(
       commands, this->GeneratorTarget->GetPostBuildCommands(),
-      this->GeneratorTarget);
+      this->GeneratorTarget, this->LocalGenerator->GetBinaryDirectory());
   }
 
   // Compute the list of outputs.
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
index 0c637a934..5bba29cfa 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -1094,8 +1094,8 @@ void cmMakefileTargetGenerator::GenerateCustomRuleFile(
   // Now append the actual user-specified commands.
   std::ostringstream content;
   this->LocalGenerator->AppendCustomCommand(
-    commands, ccg, this->GeneratorTarget, cmOutputConverter::HOME_OUTPUT,
-    false, &content);
+    commands, ccg, this->GeneratorTarget,
+    this->LocalGenerator->GetBinaryDirectory(), false, &content);
 
   // Collect the dependencies.
   std::vector<std::string> depends;
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefileUtilityTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmMakefileUtilityTargetGenerator.cxx
index dfad0c4d4..b709545fa 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefileUtilityTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefileUtilityTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -75,14 +75,14 @@ void cmMakefileUtilityTargetGenerator::WriteRuleFiles()
 
   this->LocalGenerator->AppendCustomCommands(
     commands, this->GeneratorTarget->GetPreBuildCommands(),
-    this->GeneratorTarget);
+    this->GeneratorTarget, this->LocalGenerator->GetBinaryDirectory());
 
   // Depend on all custom command outputs for sources
   this->DriveCustomCommands(depends);
 
   this->LocalGenerator->AppendCustomCommands(
     commands, this->GeneratorTarget->GetPostBuildCommands(),
-    this->GeneratorTarget);
+    this->GeneratorTarget, this->LocalGenerator->GetBinaryDirectory());
 
   // Add dependencies on targets that must be built first.
   this->AppendTargetDepends(depends);