diff --git a/lib/Basic/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/Basic/CMakeLists.txt
index fd60da8ff5379..6cd7577ce3f93 100644
--- a/lib/Basic/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/Basic/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,32 +11,59 @@ else()
   set(UUID_INCLUDE "${UUID_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
 endif()
 
-function(generate_revision_inc revision_inc_var name dir)
-  find_first_existing_vc_file("${dir}" ${name}_vc)
+# Figure out if we can track VC revisions.
+# FIXME: Copied from Clang.
+function(find_first_existing_file out_var)
+  foreach(file ${ARGN})
+    if(EXISTS "${file}")
+      set(${out_var} "${file}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+      return()
+    endif()
+  endforeach()
+endfunction()
 
-  # Create custom target to generate the VC revision include.
-  set(version_inc "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${name}Revision.inc")
+macro(find_first_existing_vc_file out_var path)
+  find_first_existing_file(${out_var}
+    "${path}/.git/logs/HEAD" # Git
+    "${path}/.svn/wc.db"     # SVN 1.7
+    "${path}/.svn/entries"   # SVN 1.6
+    )
+endmacro()
 
-  set(generate_vcs_version_script "${LLVM_MAIN_SRC_DIR}/cmake/modules/GenerateVersionFromVCS.cmake")
+set(generate_vcs_version_script "${LLVM_MAIN_SRC_DIR}/cmake/modules/GenerateVersionFromVCS.cmake")
 
-  add_custom_command(OUTPUT "${version_inc}"
-    DEPENDS "${${name}_vc}" "${generate_vcs_version_script}"
-    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} "-DNAMES=$<UPPER_CASE:name>"
-                             "-D$<UPPER_CASE:name>_SOURCE_DIR=${dir}"
-                             "-DHEADER_FILE=${version_inc}"
-                             -P "${generate_vcs_version_script}")
+function(generate_revision_inc revision_inc_var name dir)
+  find_first_existing_vc_file(dep_file "${dir}")
+  # Create custom target to generate the VC revision include.
+  set(revision_inc "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${name}Revision.inc")
+  string(TOUPPER ${name} upper_name)
+  if(DEFINED dep_file)
+    add_custom_command(OUTPUT "${revision_inc}"
+      DEPENDS "${dep_file}" "${generate_vcs_version_script}"
+      COMMAND
+      ${CMAKE_COMMAND} "-DNAMES=${upper_name}"
+                       "-D${upper_name}_SOURCE_DIR=${dir}"
+                       "-DHEADER_FILE=${revision_inc}"
+                       -P "${generate_vcs_version_script}")
+  else()
+    # Generate an empty Revision.inc file if we are not using git or SVN.
+    file(WRITE "${revision_inc}" "")
+  endif()
 
   # Mark the generated header as being generated.
-  set_source_files_properties("${version_inc}"
+  set_source_files_properties("${revision_inc}"
     PROPERTIES GENERATED TRUE
                HEADER_FILE_ONLY TRUE)
-  set(${revision_inc_var} ${version_inc} PARENT_SCOPE)
+  set(${revision_inc_var} ${revision_inc} PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()
 
 generate_revision_inc(llvm_revision_inc LLVM "${LLVM_MAIN_SRC_DIR}")
 generate_revision_inc(clang_revision_inc Clang "${CLANG_MAIN_SRC_DIR}")
 generate_revision_inc(swift_revision_inc Swift "${SWIFT_SOURCE_DIR}")
 
+set(version_inc_files
+  ${llvm_revision_inc} ${clang_revision_inc} ${swift_revision_inc})
+
 add_swift_host_library(swiftBasic STATIC
   AnyValue.cpp
   Cache.cpp
@@ -68,10 +95,7 @@ add_swift_host_library(swiftBasic STATIC
   Unicode.cpp
   UUID.cpp
   Version.cpp
-
-  ${llvm_revision_inc}
-  ${clang_revision_inc}
-  ${swift_revision_inc}
+  ${version_inc_files}
 
   # Platform-specific TaskQueue implementations
   Unix/TaskQueue.inc