set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY JOB_POOLS custom_command_pool=2 custom_target_pool=2) add_custom_command( OUTPUT hello.copy.c COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E copy "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/hello.c" hello.copy.c WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}" JOB_POOL "custom_command_pool" ) add_custom_target(copy ALL DEPENDS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/hello.copy.c") add_custom_target( hello.echo COMMAND echo JOB_POOL "custom_target_pool" ) include(CheckNoPrefixSubDir.cmake)