diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
index b1afdc9c30..2a3859975d 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
@@ -542,6 +542,7 @@ void cmGlobalXCodeGenerator::CreateReRunCMakeFile(
   makefileStream.SetCopyIfDifferent(true);
   makefileStream << "# Generated by CMake, DO NOT EDIT\n\n";
 
+  makefileStream << "TARGETS:= \n";
   makefileStream << "empty:= \n";
   makefileStream << "space:= $(empty) $(empty)\n";
   makefileStream << "spaceplus:= $(empty)\\ $(empty)\n\n";