diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
index 42b517e58a..f72e4b42e6 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
@@ -1626,8 +1626,6 @@ void cmLocalGenerator::GetTargetFlags(
   this->AppendPositionIndependentLinkerFlags(extraLinkFlags, target, config,
                                              linkLanguage);
   this->AppendIPOLinkerFlags(extraLinkFlags, target, config, linkLanguage);
-  this->AppendDependencyInfoLinkerFlags(extraLinkFlags, target, config,
-                                        linkLanguage);
   this->AppendModuleDefinitionFlag(extraLinkFlags, target, linkLineComputer,
                                    config);
 
diff --git a/Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx
index 891187a890..65353718d4 100644
--- a/Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -1277,6 +1277,9 @@ void cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator::WriteLinkStatement(
                           vars["LINK_LIBRARIES"], vars["FLAGS"],
                           vars["LINK_FLAGS"], frameworkPath, linkPath, gt);
 
+  localGen.AppendDependencyInfoLinkerFlags(vars["LINK_FLAGS"], gt, config,
+                                           this->TargetLinkLanguage(config));
+
   // Add OS X version flags, if any.
   if (this->GeneratorTarget->GetType() == cmStateEnums::SHARED_LIBRARY ||
       this->GeneratorTarget->GetType() == cmStateEnums::MODULE_LIBRARY) {