diff --git a/Source/cmQtAutomoc.cxx b/Source/cmQtAutomoc.cxx
index 05c43c4b39..34b3c7e4a5 100644
--- a/Source/cmQtAutomoc.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmQtAutomoc.cxx
@@ -255,8 +255,18 @@ void cmQtAutomoc::SetupAutomocTarget(cmTarget* target)
                                 automocTargetName.c_str(), true,
                                 workingDirectory.c_str(), depends,
                                 commandLines, false, automocComment.c_str());
-    // inherit FOLDER property from target (#13688)
-    copyTargetProperty(automocTarget, target, "FOLDER");
+    // Set target folder
+    const char* automocFolder = makefile->GetCMakeInstance()->GetProperty(
+                                                     "AUTOMOC_TARGETS_FOLDER");
+    if (automocFolder && *automocFolder)
+      {
+      automocTarget->SetProperty("FOLDER", automocFolder);
+      }
+    else
+      {
+      // inherit FOLDER property from target (#13688)
+      copyTargetProperty(automocTarget, target, "FOLDER");
+      }
 
     target->AddUtility(automocTargetName.c_str());
     }
diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.cxx b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
index b14db43da8..a90fa74cb4 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
@@ -236,7 +236,9 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
      "AUTOMOC_MOC_OPTIONS property.\n"
      "By setting the CMAKE_AUTOMOC_RELAXED_MODE variable to TRUE the rules "
      "for searching the files which will be processed by moc can be relaxed. "
-     "See the documentation for this variable for more details.");
+     "See the documentation for this variable for more details.\n"
+     "The global property AUTOMOC_TARGETS_FOLDER can be used to group the "
+     "automoc targets together in an IDE, e.g. in MSVS.");
 
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("AUTOMOC_MOC_OPTIONS", cmProperty::TARGET,
diff --git a/Source/cmake.cxx b/Source/cmake.cxx
index 29d9bb30b1..5f7d1e9c4d 100644
--- a/Source/cmake.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmake.cxx
@@ -3602,6 +3602,14 @@ void cmake::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
      "property to name those folders. See also the documentation "
      "for the FOLDER target property.");
 
+  cm->DefineProperty
+    ("AUTOMOC_TARGETS_FOLDER", cmProperty::GLOBAL,
+     "Name of FOLDER for *_automoc targets that are added automatically by "
+     "CMake for targets for which AUTOMOC is enabled.",
+     "If not set, CMake uses the FOLDER property of the parent target as a "
+     "default value for this property. See also the documentation for the "
+     "FOLDER target property and the AUTOMOC target property.");
+
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("PREDEFINED_TARGETS_FOLDER", cmProperty::GLOBAL,
      "Name of FOLDER for targets that are added automatically by CMake.",