diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
index 222e60896d..5742fd59f6 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
@@ -1964,7 +1964,7 @@ std::string cmLocalGenerator::GetRealDependency(const char* inName,
     }
 
   // Look for a CMake target with the given name.
-  if(cmTarget* target = this->GlobalGenerator->FindTarget(0,name.c_str(),false))
+  if(cmTarget* target = this->GlobalGenerator->FindTarget(0,name.c_str(),true))
     {
     // make sure it is not just a coincidence that the target name
     // found is part of the inName
diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.cxx b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
index 46d4273c57..c0e44842aa 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
@@ -538,9 +538,9 @@ bool cmTargetTraceDependencies::IsUtility(std::string const& dep)
     util = cmSystemTools::GetFilenameWithoutLastExtension(util);
     }
 
-  // Check for a non-imported target with this name.
+  // Check for a target with this name.
   if(cmTarget* t =
-     this->GlobalGenerator->FindTarget(0, util.c_str(), false))
+     this->GlobalGenerator->FindTarget(0, util.c_str(), true))
     {
     // If we find the target and the dep was given as a full path,
     // then make sure it was not a full path to something else, and