diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_an-attribute.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_an-attribute.rst
index de98c3706..7e00ac430 100644
--- a/Help/prop_tgt/XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_an-attribute.rst
+++ b/Help/prop_tgt/XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_an-attribute.rst
@@ -8,3 +8,9 @@ the generated Xcode project.  Ignored on other generators.
 
 See the :variable:`CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_<an-attribute>` variable
 to set attributes on all targets in a directory tree.
+
+Contents of ``XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_<an-attribute>`` may use
+"generator expressions" with the syntax ``$<...>``.  See the
+:manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual for available
+expressions.  See the :manual:`cmake-buildsystem(7)` manual
+for more on defining buildsystem properties.
diff --git a/Help/release/dev/xcode-attribute-genex.rst b/Help/release/dev/xcode-attribute-genex.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3fd5b1c68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/release/dev/xcode-attribute-genex.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+xcode-attribute-genex
+---------------------
+
+* The :prop_tgt:`XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_<an-attribute>` target property learned
+  to support generator expressions.
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
index 30ed13462..aea134e11 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
@@ -2436,8 +2436,11 @@ void cmGlobalXCodeGenerator::CreateBuildSettings(cmTarget& target,
 
       if (!attribute.empty())
         {
+        cmGeneratorExpression ge;
+        std::string processed = ge.Parse(i->second.GetValue())
+          ->Evaluate(this->CurrentMakefile, configName);
         buildSettings->AddAttribute(attribute.c_str(),
-                                    this->CreateString(i->second.GetValue()));
+                                    this->CreateString(processed));
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/RunCMakeTest.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/RunCMakeTest.cmake
index 8e4026ba0..792f40e70 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/RunCMakeTest.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/RunCMakeTest.cmake
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 include(RunCMake)
 
 run_cmake(XcodeFileType)
+run_cmake(XcodeAttributeGenex)
+run_cmake(XcodeAttributeGenexError)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/XcodeAttributeGenex-check.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/XcodeAttributeGenex-check.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..637df0fd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/XcodeAttributeGenex-check.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+set(expect "TEST_HOST = \"[^;\"]*Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/XcodeAttributeGenex-build/[^;\"/]*/some\"")
+file(STRINGS ${RunCMake_TEST_BINARY_DIR}/XcodeAttributeGenex.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj actual
+     REGEX "TEST_HOST = .*;" LIMIT_COUNT 1)
+if(NOT "${actual}" MATCHES "${expect}")
+  message(SEND_ERROR "The actual project contains the line:\n ${actual}\n"
+    "which does not match expected regex:\n ${expect}\n")
+endif()
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/XcodeAttributeGenex.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/XcodeAttributeGenex.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..760b882c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/XcodeAttributeGenex.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+enable_language(C)
+add_executable(some main.c)
+add_executable(another main.c)
+set_property(TARGET another PROPERTY XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_TEST_HOST "$<TARGET_FILE:some>")
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/XcodeAttributeGenexError-result.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/XcodeAttributeGenexError-result.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d00491fd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/XcodeAttributeGenexError-result.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/XcodeAttributeGenexError-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/XcodeAttributeGenexError-stderr.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..984415868
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/XcodeAttributeGenexError-stderr.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+CMake Error:
+  Error evaluating generator expression:
+
+    \$<NOTAGENEX>
+
+  Expression did not evaluate to a known generator expression
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/XcodeAttributeGenexError.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/XcodeAttributeGenexError.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..98ad6c5a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/XcodeAttributeGenexError.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+enable_language(C)
+add_executable(some main.c)
+add_executable(another main.c)
+set_property(TARGET another PROPERTY XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_TEST_HOST "$<NOTAGENEX>")