3 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator.cxx
index 39b31a0c7f..a482d46953 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator.cxx
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ public:
 
     cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator* ret = new cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator(
       name, parser.GetArchitectureFamily(), NULL);
+    ret->PlatformName = p;
     ret->WindowsCEVersion = parser.GetOSVersion();
     return ret;
   }
@@ -114,6 +115,10 @@ cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator::cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator(
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 const char* cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator::GetPlatformName() const
 {
+  if (!this->PlatformName.empty())
+    {
+    return this->PlatformName.c_str();
+    }
   if (this->ArchitectureId == "X86")
     {
     return "Win32";
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator.h b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator.h
index 08674cda3a..4dd2b4ba2a 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator.h
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator.h
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ protected:
                                    const char* path, cmTarget &t);
 
   std::string Name;
+  std::string PlatformName;
   std::string WindowsCEVersion;
 
 private:
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio9Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio9Generator.cxx
index dbe093e4a9..2082384e6c 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio9Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio9Generator.cxx
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ public:
 
     cmGlobalVisualStudio9Generator* ret = new cmGlobalVisualStudio9Generator(
       name, parser.GetArchitectureFamily(), NULL);
+    ret->PlatformName = p;
     ret->WindowsCEVersion = parser.GetOSVersion();
     return ret;
   }