diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
index 91ef6b34fe..49000b4368 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
@@ -1346,7 +1346,7 @@ void cmGlobalGenerator::CreateDefaultGlobalTargets(cmTargets* targets)
   if ( cmakeCfgIntDir && *cmakeCfgIntDir && cmakeCfgIntDir[0] != '.' )
     {
     singleLine.push_back("-C");
-    singleLine.push_back(mf->GetDefinition("CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR"));
+    singleLine.push_back(cmakeCfgIntDir);
     }
   singleLine.push_back("--config");
   std::string configFile = mf->GetStartOutputDirectory();;