diff --git a/libcxx/CMakeLists.txt b/libcxx/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/libcxx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libcxx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -773,6 +773,13 @@
     target_add_link_flags_if_supported(${target} PRIVATE "/nodefaultlib")
   endif()
 
+  if (LIBCXX_SUPPORTS_UNWINDLIB_NONE_FLAG AND LIBCXXABI_USE_LLVM_UNWINDER)
+    # If we're linking directly against the libunwind that we're building
+    # in the same invocation, don't try to link in the toolchain's
+    # default libunwind (which may be missing still).
+    target_add_link_flags_if_supported(${target} PRIVATE "--unwindlib=none")
+  endif()
+
   if (LIBCXX_HAS_SYSTEM_LIB)
     target_link_libraries(${target} PRIVATE System)
   endif()
diff --git a/libcxx/cmake/config-ix.cmake b/libcxx/cmake/config-ix.cmake
--- a/libcxx/cmake/config-ix.cmake
+++ b/libcxx/cmake/config-ix.cmake
@@ -1,9 +1,22 @@
 include(CMakePushCheckState)
 include(CheckLibraryExists)
+include(CheckLinkerFlag)
 include(CheckCCompilerFlag)
 include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
 include(CheckCSourceCompiles)
 
+# The compiler driver may be implicitly trying to link against libunwind.
+# This is normally ok (libcxx relies on an unwinder), but if libunwind is
+# built in the same cmake invocation as libcxx and we've got
+# LIBCXXABI_USE_LLVM_UNWINDER set, we'd be linking against the just-built
+# libunwind (and the compiler implicit -lunwind wouldn't succeed as the newly
+# built libunwind isn't installed yet). For those cases, it'd be good to
+# link with --uwnindlib=none. Check if that option works.
+llvm_check_linker_flag("--unwindlib=none" LIBCXX_SUPPORTS_UNWINDLIB_NONE_FLAG)
+if (LIBCXX_SUPPORTS_UNWINDLIB_NONE_FLAG)
+  set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS "${CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS} --unwindlib=none")
+endif()
+
 if(WIN32 AND NOT MINGW)
   # NOTE(compnerd) this is technically a lie, there is msvcrt, but for now, lets
   # let the default linking take care of that.
diff --git a/runtimes/CMakeLists.txt b/runtimes/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/runtimes/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/runtimes/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@
 # This file handles building LLVM runtime sub-projects.
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13.4)
-project(Runtimes C CXX ASM)
+
+# Add path for custom and the LLVM build's modules to the CMake module path.
+list(INSERT CMAKE_MODULE_PATH 0
+  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake"
+  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules"
+  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../cmake"
+  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../cmake/Modules"
+  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../llvm/cmake"
+  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../llvm/cmake/modules"
+)
+
+# We may have an incomplete toolchain - do language support tests without
+# linking.
+include(EnableLanguageNolink)
+project(Runtimes LANGUAGES NONE)
+llvm_enable_language_nolink(C CXX ASM)
 
 set(LLVM_ALL_RUNTIMES "compiler-rt;libc;libcxx;libcxxabi;libunwind;openmp")
 set(LLVM_ENABLE_RUNTIMES "" CACHE STRING
@@ -28,14 +43,6 @@
 find_package(LLVM PATHS "${LLVM_BINARY_DIR}" NO_DEFAULT_PATH NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH)
 find_package(Clang PATHS "${LLVM_BINARY_DIR}" NO_DEFAULT_PATH NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH)
 
-# Add path for custom and the LLVM build's modules to the CMake module path.
-list(INSERT CMAKE_MODULE_PATH 0
-  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake"
-  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules"
-  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../llvm/cmake"
-  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../llvm/cmake/modules"
-)
-
 function(get_compiler_rt_path path)
   foreach(entry ${runtimes})
     get_filename_component(projName ${entry} NAME)
@@ -86,14 +93,24 @@
 endif()
 
 include(CheckLibraryExists)
+include(CheckLinkerFlag)
 include(CheckCCompilerFlag)
 include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
 
+
+# The compiler driver may be implicitly trying to link against libunwind, which
+# might not work if libunwind doesn't exist yet. Try to check if
+# --unwindlib=none is supported, and use that if possible.
+llvm_check_linker_flag("--unwindlib=none" LIBUNWIND_SUPPORTS_UNWINDLIB_NONE_FLAG)
+if (LIBUNWIND_SUPPORTS_UNWINDLIB_NONE_FLAG)
+  set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS "${CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS} --unwindlib=none")
+endif()
+
 # Disable use of the installed C++ standard library when building runtimes.
 # Check for -nostdlib++ first; if there's no C++ standard library yet,
 # all check_cxx_compiler_flag commands will fail until we add -nostdlib++
 # (or -nodefaultlibs).
-check_c_compiler_flag(-nostdlib++ LLVM_RUNTIMES_SUPPORT_NOSTDLIBXX_FLAG)
+llvm_check_linker_flag(-nostdlib++ LLVM_RUNTIMES_SUPPORT_NOSTDLIBXX_FLAG)
 if (LLVM_RUNTIMES_SUPPORT_NOSTDLIBXX_FLAG)
   set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS "${CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS} -nostdlib++")
 endif()