diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx
index 393e5a88d..3168f8189 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx
@@ -467,9 +467,21 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator::WriteCustomRule(std::ostream& fout,
       const char* cacheValue = m_Makefile->GetDefinition(libPath.c_str());
       if (cacheValue)
         {
-        libPath = cacheValue;
+        std::string exePath = "";
+        if (m_Makefile->GetDefinition("EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH"))
+          {
+          exePath = m_Makefile->GetDefinition("EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH");
+          }
+        if(exePath.size())
+          {
+          libPath = exePath;
+          }
+        else
+          {
+          libPath = cacheValue;
+          }
         libPath += "/";
-        libPath += "$(INTDIR)";
+        libPath += "$(INTDIR)/";
         libPath += dep;
         libPath += ".exe";
         fout << "\\\n\t" << 
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
index 773a22f8b..979e4d907 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
@@ -870,8 +870,20 @@ WriteCustomRule(std::ostream& fout,
       std::string libPath = dep + "_CMAKE_PATH";
       const char* cacheValue = m_Makefile->GetDefinition(libPath.c_str());
       if (cacheValue)
-        {
-        libPath = cacheValue;
+        { 
+        std::string exePath = "";
+        if (m_Makefile->GetDefinition("EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH"))
+          {
+          exePath = m_Makefile->GetDefinition("EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH");
+          }
+        if(exePath.size())
+          {
+           libPath = exePath;
+          }
+        else
+          {
+          libPath = cacheValue;
+          }
         libPath += "/";
         libPath += "$(INTDIR)";
         libPath += dep;