diff --git a/clang/cmake/modules/AddClang.cmake b/clang/cmake/modules/AddClang.cmake
--- a/clang/cmake/modules/AddClang.cmake
+++ b/clang/cmake/modules/AddClang.cmake
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
 macro(add_clang_symlink name dest)
   add_llvm_tool_symlink(${name} ${dest} ALWAYS_GENERATE)
   # Always generate install targets
-  llvm_install_symlink(${name} ${dest} ALWAYS_GENERATE)
+  llvm_install_symlink(${name} ${dest} ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_BINDIR} ALWAYS_GENERATE)
 endmacro()
 
 function(clang_target_link_libraries target type)
diff --git a/flang/cmake/modules/AddFlang.cmake b/flang/cmake/modules/AddFlang.cmake
--- a/flang/cmake/modules/AddFlang.cmake
+++ b/flang/cmake/modules/AddFlang.cmake
@@ -124,6 +124,6 @@
 macro(add_flang_symlink name dest)
   add_llvm_tool_symlink(${name} ${dest} ALWAYS_GENERATE)
   # Always generate install targets
-  llvm_install_symlink(${name} ${dest} ALWAYS_GENERATE)
+  llvm_install_symlink(${name} ${dest} ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_BINDIR} ALWAYS_GENERATE)
 endmacro()
 
diff --git a/lld/cmake/modules/AddLLD.cmake b/lld/cmake/modules/AddLLD.cmake
--- a/lld/cmake/modules/AddLLD.cmake
+++ b/lld/cmake/modules/AddLLD.cmake
@@ -62,5 +62,5 @@
 macro(add_lld_symlink name dest)
   add_llvm_tool_symlink(${name} ${dest} ALWAYS_GENERATE)
   # Always generate install targets
-  llvm_install_symlink(${name} ${dest} ALWAYS_GENERATE)
+  llvm_install_symlink(${name} ${dest} ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_BINDIR} ALWAYS_GENERATE)
 endmacro()
diff --git a/llvm/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake b/llvm/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake
--- a/llvm/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake
+++ b/llvm/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake
@@ -1905,7 +1905,7 @@
 
 endfunction()
 
-function(llvm_install_symlink name dest)
+function(llvm_install_symlink name dest output_dir)
   cmake_parse_arguments(ARG "ALWAYS_GENERATE" "COMPONENT" "" ${ARGN})
   foreach(path ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH})
     if(EXISTS ${path}/LLVMInstallSymlink.cmake)
@@ -1928,7 +1928,7 @@
   set(full_dest ${dest}${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX})
 
   install(SCRIPT ${INSTALL_SYMLINK}
-          CODE "install_symlink(${full_name} ${full_dest} ${LLVM_TOOLS_INSTALL_DIR})"
+          CODE "install_symlink(${full_name} ${full_dest} ${output_dir})"
           COMPONENT ${component})
 
   if (NOT LLVM_ENABLE_IDE AND NOT ARG_ALWAYS_GENERATE)
@@ -2011,7 +2011,8 @@
     endif()
 
     if ((TOOL_IS_TOOLCHAIN OR NOT LLVM_INSTALL_TOOLCHAIN_ONLY) AND LLVM_BUILD_TOOLS)
-      llvm_install_symlink(${link_name} ${target})
+      GNUInstallDirs_get_absolute_install_dir(output_dir LLVM_TOOLS_INSTALL_DIR)
+      llvm_install_symlink(${link_name} ${target} ${output_dir})
     endif()
   endif()
 endfunction()
diff --git a/llvm/cmake/modules/LLVMInstallSymlink.cmake b/llvm/cmake/modules/LLVMInstallSymlink.cmake
--- a/llvm/cmake/modules/LLVMInstallSymlink.cmake
+++ b/llvm/cmake/modules/LLVMInstallSymlink.cmake
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 # DESTDIR environment variable may be unset at configuration time.
 # See PR8397.
 
-function(install_symlink name target outdir)
+function(install_symlink name target absolute_outdir)
   set(DESTDIR $ENV{DESTDIR})
-  set(bindir "${DESTDIR}${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${outdir}")
+  set(bindir "${DESTDIR}${absolute_outdir}")
 
   message(STATUS "Creating ${name}")