diff --git a/Modules/Compiler/GNU.cmake b/Modules/Compiler/GNU.cmake
index d96268869c1808cb02b4f5ded73e8a0d97e94c77..a3ef2bc681058efcf21345efae6d2baf1aff7d84 100644
--- a/Modules/Compiler/GNU.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Compiler/GNU.cmake
@@ -86,4 +86,6 @@ macro(__compiler_gnu lang)
       "\"${CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILER_RANLIB}\" <TARGET>"
     )
   endif()
+
+  set(CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILER_PREDEFINES_COMMAND "${CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILER}" "-dM" "-E" "-c" "${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/CMakeCXXCompilerABI.cpp")
 endmacro()
diff --git a/Modules/Platform/Linux-GNU.cmake b/Modules/Platform/Linux-GNU.cmake
index ce30a26a576b8a4b1c2f58b1db73da108e13fcf5..6878254ee1b5aad36479e91da84dce83fa906e50 100644
--- a/Modules/Platform/Linux-GNU.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Platform/Linux-GNU.cmake
@@ -12,5 +12,4 @@ macro(__linux_compiler_gnu lang)
   # We pass this for historical reasons.  Projects may have
   # executables that use dlopen but do not set ENABLE_EXPORTS.
   set(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_LINK_${lang}_FLAGS "-rdynamic")
-  set(CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILER_PREDEFINES_COMMAND "${CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILER}" "-dM" "-E" "-c" "${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/CMakeCXXCompilerABI.cpp")
 endmacro()