diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
index a446862c9..7132ade19 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
@@ -1007,6 +1007,25 @@ void cmGlobalGenerator::FillExtensionToLanguageMap(const std::string& l,
   }
 }
 
+const char* cmGlobalGenerator::GetGlobalSetting(std::string const& name) const
+{
+  assert(!this->Makefiles.empty());
+  return this->Makefiles[0]->GetDefinition(name);
+}
+
+bool cmGlobalGenerator::GlobalSettingIsOn(std::string const& name) const
+{
+  assert(!this->Makefiles.empty());
+  return this->Makefiles[0]->IsOn(name);
+}
+
+const char* cmGlobalGenerator::GetSafeGlobalSetting(
+  std::string const& name) const
+{
+  assert(!this->Makefiles.empty());
+  return this->Makefiles[0]->GetSafeDefinition(name);
+}
+
 bool cmGlobalGenerator::IgnoreFile(const char* ext) const
 {
   if (!this->GetLanguageFromExtension(ext).empty()) {
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.h b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.h
index 4120b52ea..add2b92a0 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.h
@@ -194,6 +194,10 @@ public:
 
   cmExportSetMap& GetExportSets() { return this->ExportSets; }
 
+  const char* GetGlobalSetting(std::string const& name) const;
+  bool GlobalSettingIsOn(std::string const& name) const;
+  const char* GetSafeGlobalSetting(std::string const& name) const;
+
   /** Add a file to the manifest of generated targets for a configuration.  */
   void AddToManifest(std::string const& f);