diff --git a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
index d622ad99bd..fb732a6032 100644
--- a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
@@ -320,6 +320,11 @@ cmGeneratorTarget::~cmGeneratorTarget()
   cmDeleteAll(this->LinkInformation);
 }
 
+cmGlobalGenerator* cmGeneratorTarget::GetGlobalGenerator() const
+{
+  return this->GetLocalGenerator()->GetGlobalGenerator();
+}
+
 cmLocalGenerator* cmGeneratorTarget::GetLocalGenerator() const
 {
   return this->LocalGenerator;
diff --git a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.h b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.h
index 68ffd5c8d8..bfbd790243 100644
--- a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.h
+++ b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.h
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ public:
 
   cmLocalGenerator* GetLocalGenerator() const;
 
+  cmGlobalGenerator* GetGlobalGenerator() const;
+
   bool IsImported() const;
   bool IsImportedGloballyVisible() const;
   const char* GetLocation(const std::string& config) const;
diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.cxx b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
index 52f1d0432d..76a12d4b23 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
@@ -272,6 +272,11 @@ cmTarget::cmTarget(std::string const& name, cmState::TargetType type,
   }
 }
 
+cmGlobalGenerator* cmTarget::GetGlobalGenerator() const
+{
+  return this->GetMakefile()->GetGlobalGenerator();
+}
+
 void cmTarget::AddUtility(const std::string& u, cmMakefile* makefile)
 {
   if (this->Utilities.insert(u).second && makefile) {
diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.h b/Source/cmTarget.h
index 84f43b3918..2d259ed322 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.h
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 class cmMakefile;
 class cmSourceFile;
+class cmGlobalGenerator;
 class cmTargetInternals;
 
 class cmTargetInternalPointer
@@ -76,6 +77,8 @@ public:
    */
   cmState::TargetType GetType() const { return this->TargetTypeValue; }
 
+  cmGlobalGenerator* GetGlobalGenerator() const;
+
   ///! Set/Get the name of the target
   const std::string& GetName() const { return this->Name; }