diff --git a/Modules/FortranCInterface/CMakeLists.txt b/Modules/FortranCInterface/CMakeLists.txt
index 381080bba4..13e4498ad9 100644
--- a/Modules/FortranCInterface/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Modules/FortranCInterface/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -101,3 +101,7 @@ set_property(TARGET symbols PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE 1)
 # Require symbols through Fortran.
 add_executable(FortranCInterface main.F call_sub.f ${call_mod})
 target_link_libraries(FortranCInterface PUBLIC symbols)
+
+file(GENERATE OUTPUT exe-$<CONFIG>.cmake CONTENT [[
+set(FortranCInterface_EXE "$<TARGET_FILE:FortranCInterface>")
+]])
diff --git a/Modules/FortranCInterface/Detect.cmake b/Modules/FortranCInterface/Detect.cmake
index 33de6c614b..c75067b32e 100644
--- a/Modules/FortranCInterface/Detect.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FortranCInterface/Detect.cmake
@@ -43,17 +43,11 @@ set(FortranCInterface_COMPILED ${FortranCInterface_COMPILED})
 unset(FortranCInterface_COMPILED CACHE)
 
 # Locate the sample project executable.
+set(FortranCInterface_EXE)
 if(FortranCInterface_COMPILED)
-  find_program(FortranCInterface_EXE
-    NAMES FortranCInterface${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}
-    PATHS ${FortranCInterface_BINARY_DIR} ${FortranCInterface_BINARY_DIR}/Release
-    NO_DEFAULT_PATH
-    )
-  set(FortranCInterface_EXE ${FortranCInterface_EXE})
-  unset(FortranCInterface_EXE CACHE)
+  include(${FortranCInterface_BINARY_DIR}/exe-Release.cmake OPTIONAL)
 else()
   set(_result "Failed to compile")
-  set(FortranCInterface_EXE)
   file(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeError.log
     "Fortran/C interface test project failed with the following output:\n"
     "${FortranCInterface_OUTPUT}\n")