diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
index 97fa8232f..e6cbce316 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
@@ -1330,8 +1330,6 @@ void cmGlobalGenerator::Generate()
     this->LocalGenerators[i]->GenerateTargetManifest();
     }
 
-  this->ProcessEvaluationFiles();
-
   // Compute the inter-target dependencies.
   if(!this->ComputeTargetDepends())
     {
@@ -1342,6 +1340,8 @@ void cmGlobalGenerator::Generate()
   // it builds by default.
   this->InitializeProgressMarks();
 
+  this->ProcessEvaluationFiles();
+
   for (i = 0; i < this->LocalGenerators.size(); ++i)
     {
     this->LocalGenerators[i]->ComputeHomeRelativeOutputPath();