diff --git a/Modules/Platform/Windows-cl.cmake b/Modules/Platform/Windows-cl.cmake
index 7463c62c5e..56582ff5dc 100644
--- a/Modules/Platform/Windows-cl.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Platform/Windows-cl.cmake
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ SET (CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT
 SET( MSVC_INCREMENTAL_YES_FLAG "")
 IF(NOT MSVC_INCREMENTAL_DEFAULT)
   SET( MSVC_INCREMENTAL_YES_FLAG "/INCREMENTAL:YES")
+ELSE()
+  SET(  MSVC_INCREMENTAL_YES_FLAG "/INCREMENTAL" )
 ENDIF()
 
 IF (CMAKE_COMPILER_SUPPORTS_PDBTYPE)
diff --git a/Source/cmake.cxx b/Source/cmake.cxx
index ddfdc24e8c..1b498376a5 100644
--- a/Source/cmake.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmake.cxx
@@ -3815,6 +3815,10 @@ int cmake::VisualStudioLink(std::vector<std::string>& args, int type)
       {
       hasIncremental = true;
       }
+    if(cmSystemTools::Strucmp(i->c_str(), "/INCREMENTAL") == 0)
+      {
+      hasIncremental = true;
+      }
     if(cmSystemTools::Strucmp(i->c_str(), "/MANIFEST:NO") == 0)
       {
       hasManifest = false;