diff --git a/Source/cmInstallCommand.cxx b/Source/cmInstallCommand.cxx
index 15a83ee017..2d78a4101f 100644
--- a/Source/cmInstallCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmInstallCommand.cxx
@@ -1374,10 +1374,12 @@ bool cmInstallCommand::HandleExportMode(std::vector<std::string> const& args)
         tei != exportSet->GetTargetExports()->end(); ++tei)
       {
       cmTargetExport const* te = *tei;
-      cmTarget* tgt = this->Makefile->FindTarget(te->TargetName);
+      cmTarget* tgt =
+        this->Makefile->GetGlobalGenerator()->FindTarget(te->TargetName);
       const bool newCMP0022Behavior =
-                      tgt->GetPolicyStatusCMP0022() != cmPolicies::WARN
-                   && tgt->GetPolicyStatusCMP0022() != cmPolicies::OLD;
+        (tgt &&
+         tgt->GetPolicyStatusCMP0022() != cmPolicies::WARN &&
+         tgt->GetPolicyStatusCMP0022() != cmPolicies::OLD);
 
       if(!newCMP0022Behavior)
         {
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/install/EXPORT-OldIFace.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/install/EXPORT-OldIFace.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8dfb46b12e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/install/EXPORT-OldIFace.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+enable_language(C)
+add_subdirectory(EXPORT-OldIFace)
+add_library(foo SHARED empty.c)
+target_link_libraries(foo bar)
+install(TARGETS foo DESTINATION lib EXPORT fooExport)
+install(EXPORT fooExport DESTINATION lib/cmake/foo EXPORT_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/install/EXPORT-OldIFace/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/install/EXPORT-OldIFace/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32292e2f65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/install/EXPORT-OldIFace/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+add_library(bar SHARED ../empty.c)
+install(TARGETS bar DESTINATION lib EXPORT fooExport)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/install/RunCMakeTest.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/install/RunCMakeTest.cmake
index 2c1b29d9c7..c2347d89dd 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/install/RunCMakeTest.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/install/RunCMakeTest.cmake
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ run_cmake(DIRECTORY-DIRECTORY-bad)
 run_cmake(DIRECTORY-DESTINATION-bad)
 run_cmake(FILES-DESTINATION-bad)
 run_cmake(TARGETS-DESTINATION-bad)
+run_cmake(EXPORT-OldIFace)
 run_cmake(CMP0062-OLD)
 run_cmake(CMP0062-NEW)
 run_cmake(CMP0062-WARN)