diff --git a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
index a3ccd2baee..a191f7005d 100644
--- a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -4131,8 +4131,9 @@ void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::WriteProjectReferences(Elem& e0)
     }
 
     // Don't reference targets that don't produce any output.
-    if (dt->GetManagedType(this->Configurations[0]) ==
-        cmGeneratorTarget::ManagedType::Undefined) {
+    if (this->Configurations.empty() ||
+        dt->GetManagedType(this->Configurations[0]) ==
+          cmGeneratorTarget::ManagedType::Undefined) {
       e2.Element("ReferenceOutputAssembly", "false");
       e2.Element("CopyToOutputDirectory", "Never");
     }