diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-properties.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-properties.7.rst
index b15ca9a82..2cb6a1a46 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake-properties.7.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake-properties.7.rst
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ Properties on Directories
    :maxdepth: 1
 
    /prop_dir/ADDITIONAL_MAKE_CLEAN_FILES
+   /prop_dir/BINARY_DIR
    /prop_dir/BUILDSYSTEM_TARGETS
    /prop_dir/CACHE_VARIABLES
    /prop_dir/CLEAN_NO_CUSTOM
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ Properties on Directories
    /prop_dir/RULE_LAUNCH_COMPILE
    /prop_dir/RULE_LAUNCH_CUSTOM
    /prop_dir/RULE_LAUNCH_LINK
+   /prop_dir/SOURCE_DIR
    /prop_dir/SUBDIRECTORIES
    /prop_dir/TEST_INCLUDE_FILE
    /prop_dir/VARIABLES
diff --git a/Help/prop_dir/BINARY_DIR.rst b/Help/prop_dir/BINARY_DIR.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..597c79aa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/prop_dir/BINARY_DIR.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+BINARY_DIR
+----------
+
+This read-only directory property reports absolute path to the binary
+directory corresponding to the source on which it is read.
diff --git a/Help/prop_dir/SOURCE_DIR.rst b/Help/prop_dir/SOURCE_DIR.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac98c3b28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/prop_dir/SOURCE_DIR.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+SOURCE_DIR
+----------
+
+This read-only directory property reports absolute path to the source
+directory on which it is read.
diff --git a/Help/release/dev/directory-list-targets-and-subdirs.rst b/Help/release/dev/directory-list-targets-and-subdirs.rst
index 5bab6659f..85f2c826b 100644
--- a/Help/release/dev/directory-list-targets-and-subdirs.rst
+++ b/Help/release/dev/directory-list-targets-and-subdirs.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 directory-list-targets-and-subdirs
 ----------------------------------
 
+* A :prop_dir:`SOURCE_DIR` directory property was added to get the
+  absolute path to the source directory associated with a directory.
+
+* A :prop_dir:`BINARY_DIR` directory property was added to get the
+  absolute path to the binary directory corresponding to the source
+  directory on which the property is read.
+
 * A :prop_dir:`BUILDSYSTEM_TARGETS` directory property was added to
   get the list of logical buildsystem target names added by the
   project in a directory.
diff --git a/Source/cmState.cxx b/Source/cmState.cxx
index 37e41ad3d..6b37b92cc 100644
--- a/Source/cmState.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmState.cxx
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <utility>
 
+static std::string const kBINARY_DIR = "BINARY_DIR";
 static std::string const kBUILDSYSTEM_TARGETS = "BUILDSYSTEM_TARGETS";
+static std::string const kSOURCE_DIR = "SOURCE_DIR";
 static std::string const kSUBDIRECTORIES = "SUBDIRECTORIES";
 
 struct cmState::SnapshotDataType
@@ -1673,6 +1675,14 @@ const char* cmState::Directory::GetProperty(const std::string& prop,
     }
     return "";
   }
+  if (prop == kBINARY_DIR) {
+    output = this->GetCurrentBinary();
+    return output.c_str();
+  }
+  if (prop == kSOURCE_DIR) {
+    output = this->GetCurrentSource();
+    return output.c_str();
+  }
   if (prop == kSUBDIRECTORIES) {
     std::vector<std::string> child_dirs;
     std::vector<cmState::Snapshot> const& children =
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/get_property/directory_properties-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/get_property/directory_properties-stderr.txt
index 5fb79e14c..6d5bcdb0d 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/get_property/directory_properties-stderr.txt
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/get_property/directory_properties-stderr.txt
@@ -11,4 +11,12 @@ get_property: -->[^<;]*Tests/RunCMake/get_property/directory_properties/sub1;[^<
 get_directory_property: -->CustomTop;InterfaceTop<--
 get_property: -->CustomTop;InterfaceTop<--
 get_directory_property: -->CustomSub;InterfaceSub<--
-get_property: -->CustomSub;InterfaceSub<--$
+get_property: -->CustomSub;InterfaceSub<--
+get_directory_property: -->[^<;]*/Tests/RunCMake/get_property/directory_properties-build<--
+get_property: -->[^<;]*/Tests/RunCMake/get_property/directory_properties-build<--
+get_directory_property: -->[^<;]*/RunCMake/get_property<--
+get_property: -->[^<;]*/Tests/RunCMake/get_property<--
+get_directory_property: -->[^<;]*/Tests/RunCMake/get_property/directory_properties-build/directory_properties<--
+get_property: -->[^<;]*/Tests/RunCMake/get_property/directory_properties-build/directory_properties<--
+get_directory_property: -->[^<;]*/Tests/RunCMake/get_property/directory_properties<--
+get_property: -->[^<;]*/Tests/RunCMake/get_property/directory_properties<--$
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/get_property/directory_properties.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/get_property/directory_properties.cmake
index ae57282a3..4e68738d8 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/get_property/directory_properties.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/get_property/directory_properties.cmake
@@ -23,3 +23,8 @@ check_directory_property("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" SUBDIRECTORIES)
 check_directory_property("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/directory_properties" SUBDIRECTORIES)
 check_directory_property("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" BUILDSYSTEM_TARGETS)
 check_directory_property("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/directory_properties" BUILDSYSTEM_TARGETS)
+
+check_directory_property("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" BINARY_DIR)
+check_directory_property("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" SOURCE_DIR)
+check_directory_property("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/directory_properties" BINARY_DIR)
+check_directory_property("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/directory_properties" SOURCE_DIR)