diff --git a/cmake/Modules/ExtendInstallPath.cmake b/cmake/Modules/ExtendInstallPath.cmake
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/Modules/ExtendInstallPath.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Extend path with relative of absolute path, warning in the absolute path
+# case, and being careful to not introduce leading slashes if the original path
+# is empty
+function(extend_install_path prefix_var joined_path current_segment)
+  if("${current_segment}" STREQUAL "")
+    set(temp_path "${${prefix_var}}")
+  elseif("${${prefix_var}}" STREQUAL "")
+    set(temp_path "${current_segment}")
+  elseif(IS_ABSOLUTE "${current_segment}")
+    message(WARNING "Since \"${current_segment}\" is absolute, it overrides ${prefix_var}: \"${${prefix_var}}\".")
+    set(temp_path "${current_segment}")
+  else()
+    set(temp_path "${${prefix_var}}/${current_segment}")
+  endif()
+  set(${joined_path} "${temp_path}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
diff --git a/compiler-rt/cmake/base-config-ix.cmake b/compiler-rt/cmake/base-config-ix.cmake
--- a/compiler-rt/cmake/base-config-ix.cmake
+++ b/compiler-rt/cmake/base-config-ix.cmake
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 include(CheckIncludeFile)
 include(CheckCXXSourceCompiles)
+include(ExtendInstallPath)
 
 check_include_file(unwind.h HAVE_UNWIND_H)
 
@@ -85,20 +86,6 @@
   set(COMPILER_RT_TEST_COMPILER_ID GNU)
 endif()
 
-function(extend_install_path joined_path current_segment)
-  if("${current_segment}" STREQUAL "")
-    set(temp_path "${COMPILER_RT_INSTALL_PATH}")
-  elseif("${COMPILER_RT_INSTALL_PATH}" STREQUAL "")
-    set(temp_path "${current_segment}")
-  elseif(IS_ABSOLUTE "${current_segment}")
-    message(WARNING "Since \"${current_segment}\" is absolute, it overrides COMPILER_RT_INSTALL_PATH: \"${COMPILER_RT_INSTALL_PATH}\".")
-    set(temp_path "${current_segment}")
-  else()
-    set(temp_path "${COMPILER_RT_INSTALL_PATH}/${current_segment}")
-  endif()
-  set(${joined_path} "${temp_path}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-endfunction()
-
 if(NOT DEFINED COMPILER_RT_OS_DIR)
   if(ANDROID)
     # The CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME for Android is Android, but the OS is Linux and the
@@ -111,23 +98,23 @@
 if(LLVM_ENABLE_PER_TARGET_RUNTIME_DIR AND NOT APPLE)
   set(COMPILER_RT_OUTPUT_LIBRARY_DIR
     ${COMPILER_RT_OUTPUT_DIR}/lib)
-  extend_install_path(default_install_path lib)
+  extend_install_path(COMPILER_RT_INSTALL_PATH default_install_path lib)
   set(COMPILER_RT_INSTALL_LIBRARY_DIR "${default_install_path}" CACHE PATH
     "Path where built compiler-rt libraries should be installed.")
 else(LLVM_ENABLE_PER_TARGET_RUNTIME_DIR AND NOT APPLE)
   set(COMPILER_RT_OUTPUT_LIBRARY_DIR
     ${COMPILER_RT_OUTPUT_DIR}/lib/${COMPILER_RT_OS_DIR})
-  extend_install_path(default_install_path "lib/${COMPILER_RT_OS_DIR}")
+  extend_install_path(COMPILER_RT_INSTALL_PATH default_install_path "lib/${COMPILER_RT_OS_DIR}")
   set(COMPILER_RT_INSTALL_LIBRARY_DIR "${default_install_path}" CACHE PATH
     "Path where built compiler-rt libraries should be installed.")
 endif()
-extend_install_path(default_install_path bin)
+extend_install_path(COMPILER_RT_INSTALL_PATH default_install_path bin)
 set(COMPILER_RT_INSTALL_BINARY_DIR "${default_install_path}" CACHE PATH
   "Path where built compiler-rt executables should be installed.")
-extend_install_path(default_install_path include)
+extend_install_path(COMPILER_RT_INSTALL_PATH default_install_path include)
 set(COMPILER_RT_INSTALL_INCLUDE_DIR "${default_install_path}" CACHE PATH
   "Path where compiler-rt headers should be installed.")
-extend_install_path(default_install_path share)
+extend_install_path(COMPILER_RT_INSTALL_PATH default_install_path share)
 set(COMPILER_RT_INSTALL_DATA_DIR "${default_install_path}" CACHE PATH
   "Path where compiler-rt data files should be installed.")