2 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx
index 7ef69f4..4147ba8 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx
@@ -540,10 +540,11 @@ void cmGlobalNinjaGenerator::Generate()
   this->CloseBuildFileStreams();
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-  // The ninja tools will not be able to update metadata on Windows
+  // Older ninja tools will not be able to update metadata on Windows
   // when we are re-generating inside an existing 'ninja' invocation
   // because the outer tool has the files open for write.
-  if (!this->GetCMakeInstance()->GetRegenerateDuringBuild())
+  if (this->NinjaSupportsMetadataOnRegeneration ||
+      !this->GetCMakeInstance()->GetRegenerateDuringBuild())
 #endif
   {
     this->CleanMetaData();
@@ -692,6 +693,9 @@ void cmGlobalNinjaGenerator::CheckNinjaFeatures()
   this->NinjaSupportsMultipleOutputs = !cmSystemTools::VersionCompare(
     cmSystemTools::OP_LESS, this->NinjaVersion.c_str(),
     RequiredNinjaVersionForMultipleOutputs().c_str());
+  this->NinjaSupportsMetadataOnRegeneration = !cmSystemTools::VersionCompare(
+    cmSystemTools::OP_LESS, this->NinjaVersion.c_str(),
+    RequiredNinjaVersionForMetadataOnRegeneration().c_str());
 }
 
 bool cmGlobalNinjaGenerator::CheckLanguages(
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.h b/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.h
index 40d3cfc..8df0372 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.h
@@ -377,6 +377,10 @@ public:
   {
     return "1.10";
   }
+  static std::string RequiredNinjaVersionForMetadataOnRegeneration()
+  {
+    return "1.10.2";
+  }
   bool SupportsConsolePool() const;
   bool SupportsImplicitOuts() const;
   bool SupportsManifestRestat() const;
@@ -542,6 +546,7 @@ private:
   bool NinjaSupportsUnconditionalRecompactTool = false;
   bool NinjaSupportsCleanDeadTool = false;
   bool NinjaSupportsMultipleOutputs = false;
+  bool NinjaSupportsMetadataOnRegeneration = false;
 
 private:
   void InitOutputPathPrefix();