diff --git a/src/build/virtual-target.jam b/src/build/virtual-target.jam
index ec63fde8d..9e6d681d3 100644
--- a/src/build/virtual-target.jam
+++ b/src/build/virtual-target.jam
@@ -298,7 +298,17 @@ rule abstract-file-target ( name
             common.Clean clean : $(name) ;
         }
     }
-
+    
+    # Returns the name of main target this virtual target is specific too.
+    # Ordinary, it's assumed that grist of the actual Jam target and target path
+    # is determined by project, base properties, target name and type.
+    # Derived classes may return non-empty string to indicate that the target is
+    # specific to the given main target.
+    rule specific-main-target ( )
+    {
+        return "" ;
+    }
+      
     rule str ( )
     {
         local action = [ action ] ;
@@ -367,7 +377,12 @@ rule abstract-file-target ( name
             {
                 grist = $(grist)/$(self.extra-grist) ;
             }
-
+            local smt = [ specific-main-target ] ;
+            if $(smt)
+            {
+                grist = $(grist)/main-target-$(smt) ;                
+            }
+            
             if $(self.suffix)
             {
                 self.actual-name = [ sequence.join <$(grist)>$(self.name)
@@ -415,7 +430,6 @@ rule file-target (
 
     rule actualize-location ( target )
     {
-        compute-extra-path ;
         if $(self.path)
         {
             LOCATE on $(target) = $(self.path) ;
@@ -442,55 +456,52 @@ rule file-target (
             # This is a source file.
             SEARCH on $(target) =
               [ path.native [ project.attribute $(self.project) source-location ] ] ;
-        }
+        }        
     }
 
-     rule compute-extra-path ( )
-     {
-         if $(self.action)
-         {
-             local ps = [ $(self.action).properties-ps ] ;
-             
-             local main-target = [ $(self.dg).main-target ] ;
-             local project = [ $(main-target).project ] ;
-             local plocation = [ project.attribute $(project) location ] ;
-             local ptarget = [ project.target $(plocation) ] ;
-             local ref-ps = [ $(ptarget).reference-properties [ $(self.dg).properties-ps ] ] ;
-
-
-             if [ $(ps).free ] != [ $(ref-ps).free ]
-             {
-                 self.extra-path = [ sequence.join main-target- [ $(main-target).name ] ] ;
-             }
-         }
-     }
+    rule specific-main-target ( )
+    {
+        if $(self.action)
+        {
+            local ps = [ $(self.action).properties-ps ] ;
+            
+            local main-target = [ $(self.dg).main-target ] ;
+            local project = [ $(main-target).project ] ;
+            local plocation = [ project.attribute $(project) location ] ;
+            local ptarget = [ project.target $(plocation) ] ;
+            local ref-ps = [ $(ptarget).reference-properties [ $(self.dg).properties-ps ] ] ;
 
+            if [ $(ps).free ] != [ $(ref-ps).free ]
+            {
+                return [ $(main-target).name ] ;
+            }            
+        }        
+    }
+    
     # Returns the directory for this target
     rule path ( )
     {
-        if $(self.path)
+        if ! $(self.path)
         {
-            return $(self.path) ;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            compute-extra-path ;
-
             local build-dir = [ project.attribute $(self.project) build-dir ] ;
             if ! $(build-dir)
             {
                 build-dir = [ project.attribute $(self.project) location ] ;
             }
 
+            local smt = [ specific-main-target ] ;
             local path = [ path.join
                             $(build-dir)
                              bin
                              [ $(self.action).path ]
-                             $(self.extra-path)
+                             main-target-$(smt) 
                          ] ;
-            
-            return [ path.native $(path) ] ;
+
+            # Store the computed path, so that it's not recomputed
+            # any more
+            self.path = [ path.native $(path) ] ;
         }
+        return $(self.path) ;
      }
 
 }
diff --git a/test/main_properties.py b/test/main_properties.py
index deae70fbb..dd1f1dc13 100644
--- a/test/main_properties.py
+++ b/test/main_properties.py
@@ -22,5 +22,21 @@ t.write("b.cpp", "void foo() {}\n")
 t.run_build_system()
 t.expect_addition("bin/gcc/debug/main-target-b/b.o")
 
+# This tests another bug: when source file was used by two main targets,
+# one without any requirements and another with free requirements, it 
+# was compiled twice with to the same locaiton. 
+
+t.write("Jamfile", """
+exe a : a.cpp ;
+exe b : a.cpp : <define>FOO ;
+""")
+t.write("a.cpp", """
+int main() {}
+""")
+
+t.rm("bin")
+t.run_build_system()
+t.expect_addition(["bin/gcc/debug/a.o", "bin/gcc/debug/main-target-b/a.o"])
+
 
 t.cleanup()