diff --git a/Source/cmExportBuildFileGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmExportBuildFileGenerator.cxx
index 9533319e96..29f67436f0 100644
--- a/Source/cmExportBuildFileGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmExportBuildFileGenerator.cxx
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ cmExportBuildFileGenerator
       std::vector<std::string> missingTargets;
       this->SetImportDetailProperties(config, suffix,
                                       target, properties, missingTargets);
+      this->SetImportLinkInterface(config, suffix,
+                                   cmGeneratorExpression::BuildInterface,
+                                   target, properties, missingTargets);
+
 
       // TOOD: PUBLIC_HEADER_LOCATION
       // This should wait until the build feature propagation stuff
diff --git a/Source/cmExportFileGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmExportFileGenerator.cxx
index df8f3e8d16..5e5f45509b 100644
--- a/Source/cmExportFileGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmExportFileGenerator.cxx
@@ -344,6 +344,26 @@ cmExportFileGenerator::ResolveTargetsInGeneratorExpression(
     }
 }
 
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void
+cmExportFileGenerator
+::SetImportLinkInterface(const char* config, std::string const& suffix,
+                    cmGeneratorExpression::PreprocessContext preprocessRule,
+                    cmTarget* target, ImportPropertyMap& properties,
+                    std::vector<std::string>& missingTargets)
+{
+  // Add the transitive link dependencies for this configuration.
+  cmTarget::LinkInterface const* iface = target->GetLinkInterface(config,
+                                                                  target);
+  if (!iface)
+    {
+    return;
+    }
+  this->SetImportLinkProperty(suffix, target,
+                              "IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES",
+                              iface->Libraries, properties, missingTargets);
+}
+
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void
 cmExportFileGenerator
@@ -388,9 +408,7 @@ cmExportFileGenerator
     this->SetImportLinkProperty(suffix, target,
                                 "IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LANGUAGES",
                                 iface->Languages, properties, missingTargets);
-    this->SetImportLinkProperty(suffix, target,
-                                "IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES",
-                                iface->Libraries, properties, missingTargets);
+
     this->SetImportLinkProperty(suffix, target,
                                 "IMPORTED_LINK_DEPENDENT_LIBRARIES",
                                 iface->SharedDeps, properties, missingTargets);
diff --git a/Source/cmExportFileGenerator.h b/Source/cmExportFileGenerator.h
index 866806b66e..4d97a63388 100644
--- a/Source/cmExportFileGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmExportFileGenerator.h
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ protected:
   void GenerateInterfaceProperties(cmTarget *target, std::ostream& os,
                                    const ImportPropertyMap &properties);
 
+  void SetImportLinkInterface(const char* config, std::string const& suffix,
+                    cmGeneratorExpression::PreprocessContext preprocessRule,
+                    cmTarget* target, ImportPropertyMap& properties,
+                    std::vector<std::string>& missingTargets);
 
   enum FreeTargetsReplace {
     ReplaceFreeTargets,
diff --git a/Source/cmExportInstallFileGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmExportInstallFileGenerator.cxx
index bc953c9c1d..68881a1681 100644
--- a/Source/cmExportInstallFileGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmExportInstallFileGenerator.cxx
@@ -229,6 +229,10 @@ cmExportInstallFileGenerator
       this->SetImportDetailProperties(config, suffix,
                                       te->Target, properties, missingTargets);
 
+      this->SetImportLinkInterface(config, suffix,
+                                   cmGeneratorExpression::InstallInterface,
+                                   te->Target, properties, missingTargets);
+
       // TOOD: PUBLIC_HEADER_LOCATION
       // This should wait until the build feature propagation stuff
       // is done.  Then this can be a propagated include directory.