diff --git a/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx b/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx
index 5cc4e1c7b4..d032a93c69 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx
@@ -144,6 +144,20 @@ void cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3::Generate()
   this->WriteDirectoryInformationFile();
 }
 
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3::AddLocalObjectFile(
+  cmTarget* target, cmSourceFile* sf, std::string objNoTargetDir,
+  bool hasSourceExtension)
+{
+  if(cmSystemTools::FileIsFullPath(objNoTargetDir.c_str()))
+    {
+    objNoTargetDir = cmSystemTools::GetFilenameName(objNoTargetDir);
+    }
+  LocalObjectInfo& info = this->LocalObjectFiles[objNoTargetDir];
+  info.HasSourceExtension = hasSourceExtension;
+  info.push_back(LocalObjectEntry(target, sf->GetLanguage()));
+}
+
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3::GetIndividualFileTargets
                                             (std::vector<std::string>& targets)
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.h b/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.h
index 4754f11a5f..4bde0825b7 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.h
+++ b/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.h
@@ -225,24 +225,9 @@ public:
   // write the target rules for the local Makefile into the stream
   void WriteLocalAllRules(std::ostream& ruleFileStream);
 
-  struct LocalObjectEntry
-  {
-    cmTarget* Target;
-    std::string Language;
-    LocalObjectEntry(): Target(0), Language() {}
-    LocalObjectEntry(cmTarget* t, const char* lang):
-      Target(t), Language(lang) {}
-  };
-  struct LocalObjectInfo: public std::vector<LocalObjectEntry>
-  {
-    bool HasSourceExtension;
-    bool HasPreprocessRule;
-    bool HasAssembleRule;
-    LocalObjectInfo():HasSourceExtension(false), HasPreprocessRule(false),
-                      HasAssembleRule(false) {}
-  };
-  std::map<cmStdString, LocalObjectInfo> const& GetLocalObjectFiles()
-    { return this->LocalObjectFiles;}
+  void AddLocalObjectFile(cmTarget* target, cmSourceFile* sf,
+                          std::string objNoTargetDir,
+                          bool hasSourceExtension);
 
   std::vector<cmStdString> const& GetLocalHelp() { return this->LocalHelp; }
 
@@ -298,9 +283,6 @@ protected:
   void WriteTargetRequiresRule(std::ostream& ruleFileStream,
                                cmTarget& target,
                                const std::vector<std::string>& objects);
-  void WriteObjectConvenienceRule(std::ostream& ruleFileStream,
-                                  const char* comment, const char* output,
-                                  LocalObjectInfo const& info);
 
   std::string GetObjectFileName(cmTarget& target,
                                 const cmSourceFile& source,
@@ -375,7 +357,27 @@ private:
   bool SkipPreprocessedSourceRules;
   bool SkipAssemblySourceRules;
 
+  struct LocalObjectEntry
+  {
+    cmTarget* Target;
+    std::string Language;
+    LocalObjectEntry(): Target(0), Language() {}
+    LocalObjectEntry(cmTarget* t, const char* lang):
+      Target(t), Language(lang) {}
+  };
+  struct LocalObjectInfo: public std::vector<LocalObjectEntry>
+  {
+    bool HasSourceExtension;
+    bool HasPreprocessRule;
+    bool HasAssembleRule;
+    LocalObjectInfo():HasSourceExtension(false), HasPreprocessRule(false),
+                      HasAssembleRule(false) {}
+  };
   std::map<cmStdString, LocalObjectInfo> LocalObjectFiles;
+  void WriteObjectConvenienceRule(std::ostream& ruleFileStream,
+                                  const char* comment, const char* output,
+                                  LocalObjectInfo const& info);
+
   std::vector<cmStdString> LocalHelp;
 
   /* does the work for each target */
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
index a3a832bc88..d33861c972 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -489,16 +489,8 @@ void cmMakefileTargetGenerator::WriteObjectRuleFiles(cmSourceFile& source)
                        srcFullPath.c_str());
 
   // add this to the list of objects for this local generator
-  if(cmSystemTools::FileIsFullPath(objNoTargetDir.c_str()))
-    {
-    objNoTargetDir = cmSystemTools::GetFilenameName(objNoTargetDir);
-    }
-  cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3::LocalObjectInfo& info =
-    this->LocalGenerator->LocalObjectFiles[objNoTargetDir];
-  info.HasSourceExtension = hasSourceExtension;
-  info.push_back(
-    cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3::LocalObjectEntry(this->Target, lang)
-    );
+  this->LocalGenerator->AddLocalObjectFile(
+    this->Target, &source, objNoTargetDir, hasSourceExtension);
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------