diff --git a/Source/cmCommands.cxx b/Source/cmCommands.cxx
index 3bc4f0e791..27f21567ad 100644
--- a/Source/cmCommands.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmCommands.cxx
@@ -225,6 +225,8 @@ void GetScriptingCommands(cmState* state)
 
 void GetProjectCommands(cmState* state)
 {
+  state->AddBuiltinCommand("add_compile_definitions",
+                           cmAddCompileDefinitionsCommand);
   state->AddBuiltinCommand("add_custom_command", cmAddCustomCommandCommand);
   state->AddBuiltinCommand("add_custom_target", cmAddCustomTargetCommand);
   state->AddBuiltinCommand("add_definitions", cmAddDefinitionsCommand);
@@ -275,8 +277,6 @@ void GetProjectCommands(cmState* state)
                            cmTargetPrecompileHeadersCommand);
 
 #if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
-  state->AddBuiltinCommand("add_compile_definitions",
-                           cmAddCompileDefinitionsCommand);
   state->AddBuiltinCommand("add_compile_options", cmAddCompileOptionsCommand);
   state->AddBuiltinCommand("aux_source_directory",
                            cmAuxSourceDirectoryCommand);
diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index d5b071eaa4..a79aeae7c8 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ CMAKE_UNUSED_SOURCES="\
 "
 
 CMAKE_CXX_SOURCES="\
+  cmAddCompileDefinitionsCommand \
   cmAddCustomCommandCommand \
   cmAddCustomTargetCommand \
   cmAddDefinitionsCommand \