diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
index 4fa7a61ebe..d1842c1aa8 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
@@ -1223,6 +1223,7 @@ void cmGlobalGenerator::Generate()
   this->CreateDefaultGlobalTargets(&globalTargets);
   for (i = 0; i < this->LocalGenerators.size(); ++i)
     {
+    this->LocalGenerators[i]->ComputeObjectMaxPath();
     cmMakefile* mf = this->LocalGenerators[i]->GetMakefile();
     cmTargets* targets = &(mf->GetTargets());
     cmTargets::iterator tit;
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
index 6bebaa74e9..8931e6f46e 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
@@ -135,8 +135,6 @@ void cmLocalGenerator::Configure()
 
   this->Makefile->AddCMakeDependFilesFromUser();
 
-  this->ComputeObjectMaxPath();
-
   this->Makefile->SetConfigured();
 }
 
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
index 8a1649e1e8..c972e8f5b4 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
@@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ public:
   bool IsMinGWMake() const;
   bool IsNMake() const;
 
+  void ComputeObjectMaxPath();
 protected:
   ///! put all the libraries for a target on into the given stream
   void OutputLinkLibraries(std::string& linkLibraries,
@@ -428,7 +429,6 @@ protected:
 
   std::string& CreateSafeUniqueObjectFileName(const std::string& sin,
                                               std::string const& dir_max);
-  void ComputeObjectMaxPath();
 
   virtual std::string ConvertToLinkReference(std::string const& lib,
                                              OutputFormat format = SHELL);