diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.cxx b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
index dad0353ec..d02199059 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
@@ -1037,6 +1037,29 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
      "Visual Studio Source Code Control Aux Path.",
      "Can be set to change the visual studio source code control "
      "auxpath property.");
+  cm->DefineProperty
+    ("VS_GLOBAL_PROJECT_TYPES", cmProperty::TARGET,
+     "Visual Studio project type(s).",
+     "Can be set to one or more UUIDs recognized by Visual Studio "
+     "to indicate the type of project. This value is copied "
+     "verbatim into the generated project file. Example for a "
+     "managed C++ unit testing project: \""
+     "{3AC096D0-A1C2-E12C-1390-A8335801FDAB};"
+     "{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}\". UUIDs are "
+     "semicolon-delimited.");
+  cm->DefineProperty
+    ("VS_GLOBAL_KEYWORD", cmProperty::TARGET,
+     "Visual Studio project keyword.",
+     "Sets the \"keyword\" attribute for a generated Visual Studio "
+     "project. Defaults to \"Win32Proj\". You may wish to override "
+     "this value with \"ManagedCProj\", for example, in a Visual "
+     "Studio managed C++ unit test project.");
+  cm->DefineProperty
+    ("VS_DOTNET_REFERENCES", cmProperty::TARGET,
+     "Visual Studio managed project .NET references",
+     "Adds one or more semicolon-delimited .NET references to a "
+     "generated Visual Studio project. For example, \"System;"
+     "System.Windows.Forms\".");
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("VS_GLOBAL_<variable>", cmProperty::TARGET,
      "Visual Studio project-specific global variable.",
diff --git a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
index fcb668a37..a219ae923 100644
--- a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -178,6 +178,15 @@ void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::Generate()
   this->WriteString("<ProjectGUID>", 2);
   (*this->BuildFileStream) <<  "{" << this->GUID << "}</ProjectGUID>\n";
 
+  const char* vsProjectTypes =
+    this->Target->GetProperty("VS_GLOBAL_PROJECT_TYPES");
+  if(vsProjectTypes)
+    {
+    this->WriteString("<ProjectTypes>", 2);
+    (*this->BuildFileStream) << cmVS10EscapeXML(vsProjectTypes) <<
+      "</ProjectTypes>\n";
+    }
+
   const char* vsProjectName = this->Target->GetProperty("VS_SCC_PROJECTNAME");
   const char* vsLocalPath = this->Target->GetProperty("VS_SCC_LOCALPATH");
   const char* vsProvider = this->Target->GetProperty("VS_SCC_PROVIDER");
@@ -203,7 +212,19 @@ void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::Generate()
       }
     }
 
-  this->WriteString("<Keyword>Win32Proj</Keyword>\n", 2);
+  const char* vsGlobalKeyword =
+    this->Target->GetProperty("VS_GLOBAL_KEYWORD");
+  if(!vsGlobalKeyword)
+    {
+    this->WriteString("<Keyword>Win32Proj</Keyword>\n", 2);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+    this->WriteString("<Keyword>", 2);
+    (*this->BuildFileStream) << cmVS10EscapeXML(vsGlobalKeyword) <<
+      "</Keyword>\n";
+    }
+
   this->WriteString("<Platform>", 2);
   (*this->BuildFileStream) << this->Platform << "</Platform>\n";
   const char* projLabel = this->Target->GetProperty("PROJECT_LABEL");
@@ -233,6 +254,7 @@ void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::Generate()
   this->WriteCustomCommands();
   this->WriteObjSources();
   this->WriteCLSources();
+  this->WriteDotNetReferences();
   this->WriteProjectReferences();
   this->WriteString(
     "<Import Project=\"$(VCTargetsPath)\\Microsoft.Cpp.targets\""
@@ -244,6 +266,39 @@ void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::Generate()
   this->WriteGroups();
 }
 
+void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::WriteDotNetReferences()
+{
+  const char* vsDotNetReferences
+    = this->Target->GetProperty("VS_DOTNET_REFERENCES");
+  if(vsDotNetReferences)
+    {
+    std::string references(vsDotNetReferences);
+    std::string::size_type position = 0;
+
+    this->WriteString("<ItemGroup>\n", 1);
+    while(references.length() > 0)
+      {
+      if((position = references.find(";")) == std::string::npos)
+        {
+        position = references.length() + 1;
+        }
+
+      this->WriteString("<Reference Include=\"", 2);
+      (*this->BuildFileStream) <<
+        cmVS10EscapeXML(references.substr(0, position)) << "\">\n";
+      this->WriteString("<CopyLocalSatelliteAssemblies>true"
+                        "</CopyLocalSatelliteAssemblies>\n", 3);
+      this->WriteString("<ReferenceOutputAssembly>true"
+                        "</ReferenceOutputAssembly>\n", 3);
+      this->WriteString("</Reference>\n", 2);
+
+      references.erase(0, position + 1);
+      }
+
+    this->WriteString("</ItemGroup>\n", 1);
+    }
+}
+
 // ConfigurationType Application, Utility StaticLibrary DynamicLibrary
 
 void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::WriteProjectConfigurations()
diff --git a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.h b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.h
index c3c27f4ce..67025091d 100644
--- a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ private:
   void WriteProjectConfigurations();
   void WriteProjectConfigurationValues();
   void WriteCLSources();
+  void WriteDotNetReferences();
   void WriteObjSources();
   void WritePathAndIncrementalLinkOptions();
   void WriteItemDefinitionGroups();