diff --git a/Source/cmFileAPICodemodel.cxx b/Source/cmFileAPICodemodel.cxx
index 6025025b03..fecbf63ca9 100644
--- a/Source/cmFileAPICodemodel.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmFileAPICodemodel.cxx
@@ -502,6 +502,12 @@ Json::Value CodemodelConfig::DumpTarget(cmGeneratorTarget* gt,
 {
   Target t(gt, this->Config);
   std::string prefix = "target-" + gt->GetName();
+  for (char& c : prefix) {
+    // CMP0037 OLD behavior allows slashes in target names.  Remove them.
+    if (c == '/' || c == '\\') {
+      c = '_';
+    }
+  }
   if (!this->Config.empty()) {
     prefix += "-" + this->Config;
   }