diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
index b6c428b83..3b4dd17b8 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ cmGlobalXCodeGenerator::cmGlobalXCodeGenerator(std::string const& version)
   this->ResourcesGroupChildren = 0;
   this->CurrentMakefile = 0;
   this->CurrentLocalGenerator = 0;
+  this->XcodeBuildCommandInitialized = false;
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -201,6 +202,36 @@ cmGlobalGenerator* cmGlobalXCodeGenerator::Factory
 #endif
 }
 
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+std::string const& cmGlobalXCodeGenerator::GetXcodeBuildCommand()
+{
+  if(!this->XcodeBuildCommandInitialized)
+    {
+    this->XcodeBuildCommandInitialized = true;
+    this->XcodeBuildCommand = this->FindXcodeBuildCommand();
+    }
+  return this->XcodeBuildCommand;
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+std::string cmGlobalXCodeGenerator::FindXcodeBuildCommand()
+{
+  if (this->XcodeVersion >= 40)
+    {
+    std::string makeProgram = cmSystemTools::FindProgram("xcodebuild");
+    if (makeProgram.empty())
+      {
+      makeProgram = "xcodebuild";
+      }
+    return makeProgram;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+    // Use cmakexbuild wrapper to suppress environment dump from output.
+    return cmSystemTools::GetCMakeCommand() + "xbuild";
+    }
+}
+
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 bool cmGlobalXCodeGenerator::SetGeneratorToolset(std::string const& ts,
                                                  cmMakefile* mf)
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.h b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.h
index a39c8c713..e54bb3722 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.h
@@ -212,6 +212,11 @@ protected:
   std::vector<cmXCodeObject*> XCodeObjects;
   cmXCodeObject* RootObject;
 private:
+  std::string const& GetXcodeBuildCommand();
+  std::string FindXcodeBuildCommand();
+  std::string XcodeBuildCommand;
+  bool XcodeBuildCommandInitialized;
+
   void PrintCompilerAdvice(std::ostream&, std::string const&,
                            const char*) const {}