diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.cxx b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
index 7ef972308..18302ec5e 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
@@ -527,6 +527,13 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
      "A target property that can be set to override the suffix "
      "(such as \".so\") on a library name.");
 
+  cm->DefineProperty
+    ("TYPE", cmProperty::TARGET,
+     "The type of the target.",
+     "This read-only property can be used to test the type of the given "
+     "target. It will be one of STATIC_LIBRARY, MODULE_LIBRARY, "
+     "SHARED_LIBRARY, EXECUTABLE or one of the internal target types.");
+
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("VERSION", cmProperty::TARGET,
      "What version number is this target.",