diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
index ffd41d2110..22daa0e111 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
@@ -717,8 +717,15 @@ void cmLocalGenerator::GenerateInstallRules()
     /* clang-format off */
     fout <<
       "if(CMAKE_INSTALL_COMPONENT)\n"
-      "  set(CMAKE_INSTALL_MANIFEST \"install_manifest_"
+      "  if(CMAKE_INSTALL_COMPONENT MATCHES \"^[a-zA-Z0-9_.+-]+$\")\n"
+      "    set(CMAKE_INSTALL_MANIFEST \"install_manifest_"
       "${CMAKE_INSTALL_COMPONENT}.txt\")\n"
+      "  else()\n"
+      "    string(MD5 CMAKE_INST_COMP_HASH \"${CMAKE_INSTALL_COMPONENT}\")\n"
+      "    set(CMAKE_INSTALL_MANIFEST \"install_manifest_"
+      "${CMAKE_INST_COMP_HASH}.txt\")\n"
+      "    unset(CMAKE_INST_COMP_HASH)\n"
+      "  endif()\n"
       "else()\n"
       "  set(CMAKE_INSTALL_MANIFEST \"install_manifest.txt\")\n"
       "endif()\n"