diff --git a/tools/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py b/tools/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
index 786b4e079197e5..3aa8526b5b566e 100644
--- a/tools/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
+++ b/tools/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 from gyp.common import GetEnvironFallback
 from gyp.common import GypError
 
+import hashlib
+
 generator_default_variables = {
   'EXECUTABLE_PREFIX': '',
   'EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX': '',
@@ -1743,7 +1745,10 @@ def WriteMakeRule(self, outputs, inputs, actions=None, comment=None,
       #   actual command.
       # - The intermediate recipe will 'touch' the intermediate file.
       # - The multi-output rule will have an do-nothing recipe.
-      intermediate = "%s.intermediate" % (command if command else self.target)
+
+      # Hash the target name to avoid generating overlong filenames.
+      cmddigest = hashlib.sha1(command if command else self.target).hexdigest()
+      intermediate = "%s.intermediate" % cmddigest
       self.WriteLn('%s: %s' % (' '.join(outputs), intermediate))
       self.WriteLn('\t%s' % '@:');
       self.WriteLn('%s: %s' % ('.INTERMEDIATE', intermediate))