diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.cxx b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
index d14bfca..5a408b1 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
@@ -1274,6 +1274,10 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
      "Can be used to change the name of the target in an IDE "
      "like Visual Studio. ");
   cm->DefineProperty
+    ("TARGET_FRAMEWORK_VERSION", cmProperty::TARGET,
+     "Change the .NET target framework version.",
+     "Used to specify the .NET target framework version for C++/CLI. ");
+  cm->DefineProperty
     ("VS_KEYWORD", cmProperty::TARGET,
      "Visual Studio project keyword.",
      "Can be set to change the visual studio keyword, for example "
diff --git a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
index 1cb9f23..1c1a67a 100644
--- a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -271,6 +271,13 @@ void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::Generate()
     }
   this->WriteString("<ProjectName>", 2);
   (*this->BuildFileStream) << projLabel << "</ProjectName>\n";
+  const char* targetFrameworkVersion = this->Target->GetProperty(
+    "VS_DOTNET_TARGET_FRAMEWORK_VERSION");
+  if(targetFrameworkVersion)
+    {
+    this->WriteString("<TargetFrameworkVersion>", 2);
+    (*this->BuildFileStream) << targetFrameworkVersion << "</TargetFrameworkVersion>\n";
+    }
   this->WriteString("</PropertyGroup>\n", 1);
   this->WriteString("<Import Project="
                     "\"$(VCTargetsPath)\\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props\" />\n",

diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.cxx b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
index d14bfca..aea09ef 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
@@ -1316,6 +1316,11 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
      "this value with \"ManagedCProj\", for example, in a Visual "
      "Studio managed C++ unit test project.");
   cm->DefineProperty
+    ("VS_DOTNET_TARGET_FRAMEWORK_VERSION", cmProperty::TARGET,
+     "Specify the .NET target framework version.",
+     "Used to specify the .NET target framework version for C++/CLI. "
+     "For example, \"v4.5\". ");
+  cm->DefineProperty
     ("VS_DOTNET_REFERENCES", cmProperty::TARGET,
      "Visual Studio managed project .NET references",
      "Adds one or more semicolon-delimited .NET references to a "
diff --git a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
index 1cb9f23..1c1a67a 100644
--- a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -271,6 +271,13 @@ void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::Generate()
     }
   this->WriteString("<ProjectName>", 2);
   (*this->BuildFileStream) << projLabel << "</ProjectName>\n";
+  const char* targetFrameworkVersion = this->Target->GetProperty(
+    "VS_DOTNET_TARGET_FRAMEWORK_VERSION");
+  if(targetFrameworkVersion)
+    {
+    this->WriteString("<TargetFrameworkVersion>", 2);
+    (*this->BuildFileStream) << targetFrameworkVersion << "</TargetFrameworkVersion>\n";
+    }
   this->WriteString("</PropertyGroup>\n", 1);
   this->WriteString("<Import Project="
                     "\"$(VCTargetsPath)\\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props\" />\n",