diff --git a/mesonbuild/cmake/interpreter.py b/mesonbuild/cmake/interpreter.py
index 14e15b8fd..68cbea497 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/cmake/interpreter.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/cmake/interpreter.py
@@ -362,7 +362,15 @@ class ConverterTarget:
             supported += list(lang_suffixes[i])
         supported = [f'.{x}' for x in supported]
         self.sources = [x for x in self.sources if any(x.name.endswith(y) for y in supported)]
-        self.generated_raw = [x for x in self.generated_raw if any(x.name.endswith(y) for y in supported)]
+        # Don't filter unsupported files from generated_raw because they
+        # can be GENERATED dependencies for other targets.
+        # See: https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/11607
+        # However, the dummy CMake rule files for Visual Studio still
+        # need to be filtered out. They don't exist (because the project was
+        # not generated at this time) but the fileapi will still
+        # report them on Windows.
+        # See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/41816323
+        self.generated_raw = [x for x in self.generated_raw if not x.name.endswith('.rule')]
 
         # Make paths relative
         def rel_path(x: Path, is_header: bool, is_generated: bool) -> T.Optional[Path]:
diff --git a/test cases/cmake/8 custom command/subprojects/cmMod/CMakeLists.txt b/test cases/cmake/8 custom command/subprojects/cmMod/CMakeLists.txt
index 0185ddc91..a5da5e7d2 100644
--- a/test cases/cmake/8 custom command/subprojects/cmMod/CMakeLists.txt	
+++ b/test cases/cmake/8 custom command/subprojects/cmMod/CMakeLists.txt	
@@ -46,9 +46,12 @@ add_custom_command(
   DEPENDS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cpyBase.hpp.in"
 )
 
+# Slight tuning to the file extension (it's still a C++ header)
+# checks that file extensions are not considered for the purposes
+# of target dependencies
 add_custom_command(
-  OUTPUT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cpyBase.hpp"
-  COMMAND mycpy cpyBase.hpp.something                        cpyBase.hpp
+  OUTPUT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cpyBase.txt"
+  COMMAND mycpy cpyBase.hpp.something                        cpyBase.txt
   DEPENDS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cpyBase.hpp.something"
 )
 
@@ -127,7 +130,7 @@ add_custom_command(
 )
 include_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cpyTest/some")
 
-add_library(cmModLib SHARED cmMod.cpp genTest.cpp cpyBase.cpp cpyBase.hpp cpyNext.cpp cpyNext.hpp cpyTest.cpp cpyTest.hpp cpyTest2.hpp cpyTest3.hpp cpyTest/some/directory/cpyTest5.hpp)
+add_library(cmModLib SHARED cmMod.cpp genTest.cpp cpyBase.cpp cpyBase.txt cpyNext.cpp cpyNext.hpp cpyTest.cpp cpyTest.hpp cpyTest2.hpp cpyTest3.hpp cpyTest/some/directory/cpyTest5.hpp)
 include(GenerateExportHeader)
 generate_export_header(cmModLib)
 
diff --git a/test cases/cmake/8 custom command/subprojects/cmMod/cmMod.cpp b/test cases/cmake/8 custom command/subprojects/cmMod/cmMod.cpp
index a4663995a..fceebeea3 100644
--- a/test cases/cmake/8 custom command/subprojects/cmMod/cmMod.cpp	
+++ b/test cases/cmake/8 custom command/subprojects/cmMod/cmMod.cpp	
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include "cmMod.hpp"
 #include "genTest.hpp"
-#include "cpyBase.hpp"
+#include "cpyBase.txt"
 #include "cpyNext.hpp"
 #include "cpyTest.hpp"
 #include "cmModLib.hpp"
diff --git a/test cases/cmake/8 custom command/subprojects/cmMod/cpyBase.cpp.am b/test cases/cmake/8 custom command/subprojects/cmMod/cpyBase.cpp.am
index 98dd09c9c..a0c716cf1 100644
--- a/test cases/cmake/8 custom command/subprojects/cmMod/cpyBase.cpp.am	
+++ b/test cases/cmake/8 custom command/subprojects/cmMod/cpyBase.cpp.am	
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "cpyBase.hpp"
+#include "cpyBase.txt"
 
 std::string getStrCpy() {
   return "Hello Copied File";