Index: tools/lldb/unittests/tools/lldb-mi/utils/CMakeLists.txt
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--- tools/lldb/unittests/tools/lldb-mi/utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ tools/lldb/unittests/tools/lldb-mi/utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,30 @@
-add_library(lldb-mi-utils OBJECT
+# Create object library to avoid unnecessary linking. If CMake version
+# doesn't support it, just create an ordinary library.
+if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER "3.8.2")
+  set (LIBRARY_TYPE "OBJECT")
+endif()
+
+add_library(lldb-mi-utils ${LIBRARY_TYPE}
   ${LLDB_SOURCE_DIR}/tools/lldb-mi/MIUtilString.cpp
   )
 
 add_lldb_unittest(LLDBMiUtilTests
   StringTest.cpp
-
+    
   LINK_COMPONENTS
     Support
   )
 
-target_sources(LLDBMiUtilTests PRIVATE $<TARGET_OBJECTS:lldb-mi-utils>)
+if((${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "3.9.0") OR
+   (${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER "3.11.4"))
+  # Link to either usual (cmake version < 3.9) or
+  # object (3.12 <= cmake version < 3.15) library with lldm-mi sources.
+  target_link_libraries(LLDBMiUtilTests PRIVATE lldb-mi-utils)
+else()
+  # Object libraries still cannot be on the right-hand side of
+  # `target_link_libraries` but $<TARGET_OBJECTS:objlib> expression is
+  # already supported in `target_sources`.
+  target_sources(LLDBMiUtilTests PRIVATE $<TARGET_OBJECTS:lldb-mi-utils>)
+endif()
+
 set_target_properties(lldb-mi-utils PROPERTIES FOLDER "lldb libraries")