diff --git a/Source/cmAbstractFilesCommand.cxx b/Source/cmAbstractFilesCommand.cxx
index 9941e14d2..85d2a5449 100644
--- a/Source/cmAbstractFilesCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmAbstractFilesCommand.cxx
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@
 // cmAbstractFilesCommand
 bool cmAbstractFilesCommand::InitialPass(std::vector<std::string> const& argsIn)
 {
+  const char* versionValue
+    = m_Makefile->GetDefinition("CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED_VERSION");
+  if (versionValue && atof(versionValue) > 1.2)
+    {
+    this->SetError("The ABSTRACT_FILES command has been deprecated in CMake version 1.4. You should use the SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES command instead.\n");
+    return false;
+    }
+  
   if(argsIn.size() < 1 )
     {
     this->SetError("called with incorrect number of arguments");
diff --git a/Source/cmSourceFilesCommand.cxx b/Source/cmSourceFilesCommand.cxx
index 274083334..0024f9e7e 100644
--- a/Source/cmSourceFilesCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmSourceFilesCommand.cxx
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@
 // cmSourceFilesCommand
 bool cmSourceFilesCommand::InitialPass(std::vector<std::string> const& argsIn)
 {
+  const char* versionValue
+    = m_Makefile->GetDefinition("CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED_VERSION");
+  if (versionValue && atof(versionValue) > 1.2)
+    {
+    this->SetError("The SOURCE_FILES command has been deprecated in CMake version 1.4. You should use the SET command instead.\n");
+    return false;
+    }
+
   if(argsIn.size() < 1 )
     {
     this->SetError("called with incorrect number of arguments");
diff --git a/Source/cmWrapExcludeFilesCommand.cxx b/Source/cmWrapExcludeFilesCommand.cxx
index 9e020d192..2bc4e84e0 100644
--- a/Source/cmWrapExcludeFilesCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmWrapExcludeFilesCommand.cxx
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@
 // cmWrapExcludeFilesCommand
 bool cmWrapExcludeFilesCommand::InitialPass(std::vector<std::string> const& argsIn)
 {
+  const char* versionValue
+    = m_Makefile->GetDefinition("CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED_VERSION");
+  if (versionValue && atof(versionValue) > 1.2)
+    {
+    this->SetError("The WRAP_EXCLUDE_FILES command has been deprecated in CMake version 1.4. You should use the SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES command instead.\n");
+    return false;
+    }
+
   if(argsIn.size() < 1 )
     {
     this->SetError("called with incorrect number of arguments");