diff --git a/clang/CMakeLists.txt b/clang/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/clang/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/clang/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -424,15 +424,15 @@
     RESULT_VARIABLE HAD_ERROR
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE LD_V_OUTPUT
   )
-  if (NOT HAD_ERROR)
-    if ("${LD_V_OUTPUT}" MATCHES ".*ld64-([0-9.]+).*")
-      string(REGEX REPLACE ".*ld64-([0-9.]+).*" "\\1" HOST_LINK_VERSION ${LD_V_OUTPUT})
-    elseif ("${LD_V_OUTPUT}" MATCHES "[^0-9]*([0-9.]+).*")
-      string(REGEX REPLACE "[^0-9]*([0-9.]+).*" "\\1" HOST_LINK_VERSION ${LD_V_OUTPUT})
-    endif()
-  else()
+  if (HAD_ERROR)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "${CMAKE_LINKER} failed with status ${HAD_ERROR}")
   endif()
+  if ("${LD_V_OUTPUT}" MATCHES ".*ld64-([0-9.]+).*")
+    string(REGEX REPLACE ".*ld64-([0-9.]+).*" "\\1" HOST_LINK_VERSION ${LD_V_OUTPUT})
+  elseif ("${LD_V_OUTPUT}" MATCHES "[^0-9]*([0-9.]+).*")
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "[^0-9]*([0-9.]+).*" "\\1" HOST_LINK_VERSION ${LD_V_OUTPUT})
+  endif()
+  message(STATUS "Host linker version: ${HOST_LINK_VERSION}")
 endif()
 
 include(CMakeParseArguments)