diff --git a/GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS.in b/GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS.in
index 050432f9fc4..9b95a6b3eee 100644
--- a/GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS.in
+++ b/GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS.in
@@ -36,3 +36,7 @@ GIT_INTEROP_MAKE_OPTS=@GIT_INTEROP_MAKE_OPTS@
 GIT_TEST_INDEX_VERSION=@GIT_TEST_INDEX_VERSION@
 GIT_TEST_PERL_FATAL_WARNINGS=@GIT_TEST_PERL_FATAL_WARNINGS@
 RUNTIME_PREFIX=@RUNTIME_PREFIX@
+GITWEBDIR=@GITWEBDIR@
+USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME=@USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME@
+LOCALEDIR=@LOCALEDIR@
+BROKEN_PATH_FIX=@BROKEN_PATH_FIX@
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fc13d5bb01c..2afad000762 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1555,10 +1555,10 @@ endif
 
 ifdef SANE_TOOL_PATH
 SANE_TOOL_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(SANE_TOOL_PATH))
-BROKEN_PATH_FIX = 's|^\# @BROKEN_PATH_FIX@$$|git_broken_path_fix "$(SANE_TOOL_PATH_SQ)"|'
+BROKEN_PATH_FIX = s|^\# @BROKEN_PATH_FIX@$$|git_broken_path_fix "$(SANE_TOOL_PATH_SQ)"|
 PATH := $(SANE_TOOL_PATH):${PATH}
 else
-BROKEN_PATH_FIX = '/^\# @BROKEN_PATH_FIX@$$/d'
+BROKEN_PATH_FIX = /^\# @BROKEN_PATH_FIX@$$/d
 endif
 
 ifeq (,$(HOST_CPU))
@@ -2545,26 +2545,8 @@ GIT-SCRIPT-DEFINES: FORCE
 		echo "$$FLAGS" >$@; \
             fi
 
-define cmd_munge_script
-sed -e '1s|#!.*/sh|#!$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)|' \
-    -e 's|@SHELL_PATH@|$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)|' \
-    -e 's|@DIFF@|$(DIFF_SQ)|' \
-    -e 's|@LOCALEDIR@|$(localedir_SQ)|g' \
-    -e 's/@USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME@/$(USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME)/g' \
-    -e $(BROKEN_PATH_FIX) \
-    -e 's|@GITWEBDIR@|$(gitwebdir_SQ)|g' \
-    -e 's|@PERL_PATH@|$(PERL_PATH_SQ)|g' \
-    -e 's|@PAGER_ENV@|$(PAGER_ENV_SQ)|g' \
-    $@.sh >$@+
-endef
-
-$(SCRIPT_SH_GEN) : % : %.sh GIT-SCRIPT-DEFINES
-	$(QUIET_GEN)$(cmd_munge_script) && \
-	chmod +x $@+ && \
-	mv $@+ $@
-
-$(SCRIPT_LIB) : % : %.sh GIT-SCRIPT-DEFINES
-	$(QUIET_GEN)$(cmd_munge_script) && \
+$(SCRIPT_SH_GEN) $(SCRIPT_LIB) : % : %.sh generate-script.sh GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS GIT-SCRIPT-DEFINES
+	$(QUIET_GEN)./generate-script.sh "$<" "$@+" ./GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS && \
 	mv $@+ $@
 
 git.res: git.rc GIT-VERSION-FILE GIT-PREFIX
@@ -2633,8 +2615,8 @@ GIT-PERL-HEADER: $(PERL_HEADER_TEMPLATE) GIT-PERL-DEFINES Makefile
 perllibdir:
 	@echo '$(perllibdir_SQ)'
 
-git-instaweb: git-instaweb.sh GIT-SCRIPT-DEFINES
-	$(QUIET_GEN)$(cmd_munge_script) && \
+git-instaweb: git-instaweb.sh generate-script.sh GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS GIT-SCRIPT-DEFINES
+	$(QUIET_GEN)./generate-script.sh "$<" "$@+" ./GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS && \
 	chmod +x $@+ && \
 	mv $@+ $@
 else # NO_PERL
@@ -3191,6 +3173,10 @@ GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS: FORCE
 		-e "s|@GIT_TEST_INDEX_VERSION@|\'$(GIT_TEST_INDEX_VERSION)\'|" \
 		-e "s|@GIT_TEST_PERL_FATAL_WARNINGS@|\'$(GIT_TEST_PERL_FATAL_WARNINGS)\'|" \
 		-e "s|@RUNTIME_PREFIX@|\'$(RUNTIME_PREFIX)\'|" \
+		-e "s|@GITWEBDIR@|\'$(gitwebdir_SQ)\'|" \
+		-e "s|@USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME@|\'$(USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME)\'|" \
+		-e "s|@LOCALEDIR@|\'$(localedir_SQ)\'|" \
+		-e "s|@BROKEN_PATH_FIX@|\'$(BROKEN_PATH_FIX)\'|" \
 		GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS.in >$@+
 	@if grep -q '^[A-Z][A-Z_]*=@.*@$$' $@+; then echo "Unsubstituted build options in $@" >&2 && exit 1; fi
 	@if cmp $@+ $@ >/dev/null 2>&1; then $(RM) $@+; else mv $@+ $@; fi
diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
index ddf39dc90e7..2e22e87d188 100644
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -834,18 +834,22 @@ set(git_shell_scripts
 	${git_sh_scripts} ${git_shlib_scripts} git-instaweb)
 
 foreach(script ${git_shell_scripts})
-	file(STRINGS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/${script}.sh content NEWLINE_CONSUME)
-	string(REPLACE "@SHELL_PATH@" "${SHELL_PATH}" content "${content}")
-	string(REPLACE "@DIFF@" "diff" content "${content}")
-	string(REPLACE "@LOCALEDIR@" "${LOCALEDIR}" content "${content}")
-	string(REPLACE "@GITWEBDIR@" "${GITWEBDIR}" content "${content}")
-	string(REPLACE "@NO_CURL@" "" content "${content}")
-	string(REPLACE "@USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME@" "" content "${content}")
-	string(REPLACE "# @BROKEN_PATH_FIX@" "" content "${content}")
-	string(REPLACE "@PERL_PATH@" "${PERL_PATH}" content "${content}")
-	string(REPLACE "@PAGER_ENV@" "LESS=FRX LV=-c" content "${content}")
-	file(WRITE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${script} ${content})
+	if ("${script}" IN_LIST git_sh_scripts)
+		string(REPLACE ".sh" "" shell_gen_path "${script}")
+	else()
+		set(shell_gen_path "${script}")
+	endif()
+
+	add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${shell_gen_path}
+		COMMAND ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/generate-script.sh
+			${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/${script}.sh
+			${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${shell_gen_path}
+			${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS
+		DEPENDS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/generate-script.sh
+			${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/${script}.sh)
+	list(APPEND shell_gen ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${shell_gen_path})
 endforeach()
+add_custom_target(shell-gen ALL DEPENDS ${shell_gen})
 
 #perl scripts
 parse_makefile_for_scripts(git_perl_scripts "SCRIPT_PERL" "")
@@ -1156,6 +1160,10 @@ string(REPLACE "@GIT_INTEROP_MAKE_OPTS@" "" git_build_options "${git_build_optio
 string(REPLACE "@GIT_TEST_INDEX_VERSION@" "" git_build_options "${git_build_options}")
 string(REPLACE "@GIT_TEST_PERL_FATAL_WARNINGS@" "" git_build_options "${git_build_options}")
 string(REPLACE "@RUNTIME_PREFIX@" "${RUNTIME_PREFIX}" git_build_options "${git_build_options}")
+string(REPLACE "@GITWEBDIR@" "${GITWEBDIR}" git_build_options "${git_build_options}")
+string(REPLACE "@USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME@" "" git_build_options "${git_build_options}")
+string(REPLACE "@LOCALEDIR@" "LOCALEDIR" git_build_options "${git_build_options}")
+string(REPLACE "@BROKEN_PATH_FIX@" "" git_build_options "${git_build_options}")
 if(USE_VCPKG)
 	string(APPEND git_build_options "PATH=\"$PATH:$TEST_DIRECTORY/../compat/vcbuild/vcpkg/installed/x64-windows/bin\"\n")
 endif()
diff --git a/generate-script.sh b/generate-script.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..d001e43d7bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generate-script.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+if test $# -ne 3
+then
+	echo "USAGE: $0 <INPUT> <OUTPUT> <GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS>" >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+INPUT="$1"
+OUTPUT="$2"
+BUILD_OPTIONS="$3"
+
+. "$BUILD_OPTIONS"
+
+sed -e "1s|#!.*/sh|#!$SHELL_PATH|" \
+    -e "s|@SHELL_PATH@|$SHELL_PATH|" \
+    -e "s|@DIFF@|$DIFF|" \
+    -e "s|@LOCALEDIR@|$LOCALEDIR|g" \
+    -e "s/@USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME@/$USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME/g" \
+    -e "$BROKEN_PATH_FIX" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEBDIR@|$GITWEBDIR|g" \
+    -e "s|@PERL_PATH@|$PERL_PATH|g" \
+    -e "s|@PAGER_ENV@|$PAGER_ENV|g" \
+    "$INPUT" >"$OUTPUT"
+
+case "$(basename "$INPUT")" in
+git-mergetool--lib.sh|git-sh-i18n.sh|git-sh-setup.sh)
+	;;
+*)
+	chmod a+x "$OUTPUT"
+	;;
+esac
