diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/alias_targets/RunCMakeTest.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/alias_targets/RunCMakeTest.cmake
index 4ce22bdd44..4ceb9f5972 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/alias_targets/RunCMakeTest.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/alias_targets/RunCMakeTest.cmake
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ run_cmake(alias-target)
 run_cmake(set_property)
 run_cmake(set_property-ALIAS_GLOBAL)
 run_cmake(get_property)
+run_cmake(generator-expression)
 run_cmake(set_target_properties)
 run_cmake(set_target_properties-ALIAS_GLOBAL)
 run_cmake(target_link_libraries)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/alias_targets/generator-expression-check.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/alias_targets/generator-expression-check.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..396db7cc6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/alias_targets/generator-expression-check.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+file(READ "${RunCMake_TEST_BINARY_DIR}/generator-expression-generated.txt" content)
+
+if(NOT content STREQUAL "value")
+  set(RunCMake_TEST_FAILED "set_property(): Target property 'COMPILE_DEFINITIONS' set on ALIAS 'alias::lib' has wrong value on aliased target 'lib': '${content}' instead of 'value'.")
+endif()
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/alias_targets/generator-expression.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/alias_targets/generator-expression.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6bb9ba55e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/alias_targets/generator-expression.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+enable_language(CXX)
+
+add_library(lib empty.cpp)
+
+add_library(alias::lib ALIAS lib)
+set_property(TARGET alias::lib PROPERTY COMPILE_DEFINITIONS $<TARGET_PROPERTY:alias::lib,FOO>)
+set_property(TARGET lib PROPERTY FOO value)
+
+file(GENERATE OUTPUT "generator-expression-generated.txt" CONTENT "$<TARGET_PROPERTY:lib,COMPILE_DEFINITIONS>")