diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx
index 9596ebc353..245883cf95 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx
@@ -824,13 +824,19 @@ cmGlobalNinjaGenerator
   cmLocalNinjaGenerator *ng =
     static_cast<cmLocalNinjaGenerator *>(this->LocalGenerators[0]);
 
+  // for frameworks, we want the real name, not smple name
+  // frameworks always appear versioned, and the build.ninja
+  // will always attempt to manage symbolic links instead
+  // of letting cmOSXBundleGenerator do it.
+  bool realname = target->IsFrameworkOnApple();
+
   switch (target->GetType()) {
   case cmTarget::EXECUTABLE:
   case cmTarget::SHARED_LIBRARY:
   case cmTarget::STATIC_LIBRARY:
   case cmTarget::MODULE_LIBRARY:
     outputs.push_back(ng->ConvertToNinjaPath(
-      target->GetFullPath(configName).c_str()));
+      target->GetFullPath(configName, false, realname).c_str()));
     break;
 
   case cmTarget::OBJECT_LIBRARY:
diff --git a/Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx
index fa7e396eff..57adeba236 100644
--- a/Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -265,7 +265,8 @@ cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator
                                         rspcontent);
   }
 
-  if (this->TargetNameOut != this->TargetNameReal) {
+  if (this->TargetNameOut != this->TargetNameReal &&
+    !this->GetTarget()->IsFrameworkOnApple()) {
     std::string cmakeCommand =
       this->GetLocalGenerator()->ConvertToOutputFormat(
         this->GetMakefile()->GetRequiredDefinition("CMAKE_COMMAND"),
@@ -599,7 +600,8 @@ void cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator::WriteLinkStatement()
                               rspfile,
                               commandLineLengthLimit);
 
-  if (targetOutput != targetOutputReal) {
+  if (targetOutput != targetOutputReal &&
+    !this->GetTarget()->IsFrameworkOnApple()) {
     if (targetType == cmTarget::EXECUTABLE) {
       globalGenerator->WriteBuild(this->GetBuildFileStream(),
                                   "Create executable symlink " + targetOutput,