diff --git a/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
index 0829cab6a..4e40f6c30 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "cmTarget.h"
 #include "cmake.h"
 #include "cmComputeLinkInformation.h"
+#include "cmGeneratorExpression.h"
 
 #include "cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator.h"
 #include "cmMakefileLibraryTargetGenerator.h"
@@ -131,7 +132,14 @@ void cmMakefileTargetGenerator::WriteTargetBuildRules()
      this->Makefile->GetProperty
      ("ADDITIONAL_MAKE_CLEAN_FILES"))
     {
-    cmSystemTools::ExpandListArgument(additional_clean_files,
+    const char *config = this->Makefile->GetDefinition("CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE");
+    cmListFileBacktrace lfbt;
+    cmGeneratorExpression ge(lfbt);
+    cmsys::auto_ptr<cmCompiledGeneratorExpression> cge =
+                                            ge.Parse(additional_clean_files);
+
+    cmSystemTools::ExpandListArgument(cge->Evaluate(this->Makefile, config,
+                                                  false, this->Target, 0, 0),
                                       this->CleanFiles);
     }
 
diff --git a/Tests/MakeClean/ToClean/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/MakeClean/ToClean/CMakeLists.txt
index 28569dd1d..37d7292ce 100644
--- a/Tests/MakeClean/ToClean/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/MakeClean/ToClean/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,18 @@ add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${ToClean_BINARY_DIR}/generated.txt
 add_custom_target(generate ALL DEPENDS ${ToClean_BINARY_DIR}/generated.txt)
 set(TOCLEAN_FILES ${TOCLEAN_FILES} "${ToClean_BINARY_DIR}/generated.txt")
 
+# Create a custom command whose output should be cleaned, but whose name
+# is not known until generate-time
+set(copied_exe "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:toclean>/toclean_copy${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}")
+add_custom_command(TARGET toclean POST_BUILD
+  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
+  ARGS -E copy $<TARGET_FILE:toclean>
+               ${copied_exe}
+  )
+set_property(DIRECTORY APPEND PROPERTY
+  ADDITIONAL_MAKE_CLEAN_FILES ${copied_exe})
+list(APPEND TOCLEAN_FILES "${ToClean_BINARY_DIR}/toclean_copy${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}")
+
 # Configure a file listing these build-time-generated files.
 configure_file(${ToClean_SOURCE_DIR}/ToCleanFiles.cmake.in
                ${ToClean_BINARY_DIR}/ToCleanFiles.cmake @ONLY IMMEDIATE)