diff --git a/lldb/cmake/modules/FindLibEdit.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindLibEdit.cmake
rename from lldb/cmake/modules/FindLibEdit.cmake
rename to cmake/Modules/FindLibEdit.cmake
--- a/lldb/cmake/modules/FindLibEdit.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindLibEdit.cmake
@@ -62,3 +62,9 @@
   mark_as_advanced(LibEdit_INCLUDE_DIRS LibEdit_LIBRARIES)
 endif()
 
+if (LibEdit_FOUND AND NOT TARGET LibEdit::LibEdit)
+  add_library(LibEdit::LibEdit UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
+  set_target_properties(LibEdit::LibEdit PROPERTIES
+                        IMPORTED_LOCATION ${LibEdit_LIBRARIES}
+                        INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${LibEdit_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+endif()
diff --git a/lldb/cmake/modules/LLDBConfig.cmake b/lldb/cmake/modules/LLDBConfig.cmake
--- a/lldb/cmake/modules/LLDBConfig.cmake
+++ b/lldb/cmake/modules/LLDBConfig.cmake
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@
   message(STATUS "${description}: ${${variable}}")
 endmacro()
 
-add_optional_dependency(LLDB_ENABLE_LIBEDIT "Enable editline support in LLDB" LibEdit LibEdit_FOUND)
+if(LLVM_ENABLE_LIBEDIT)
+  find_package(LibEdit REQUIRED)
+endif()
 add_optional_dependency(LLDB_ENABLE_CURSES "Enable curses support in LLDB" CursesAndPanel CURSESANDPANEL_FOUND)
 add_optional_dependency(LLDB_ENABLE_LZMA "Enable LZMA compression support in LLDB" LibLZMA LIBLZMA_FOUND)
 add_optional_dependency(LLDB_ENABLE_LUA "Enable Lua scripting support in LLDB" LuaAndSwig LUAANDSWIG_FOUND)
diff --git a/lldb/source/Core/CMakeLists.txt b/lldb/source/Core/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/lldb/source/Core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lldb/source/Core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -103,10 +103,6 @@
 # TODO: Remove once we have better layering
 set_target_properties(lldbCore PROPERTIES LINK_INTERFACE_MULTIPLICITY 5)
 
-if (LLDB_ENABLE_LIBEDIT)
-  target_include_directories(lldbCore PRIVATE ${LibEdit_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-endif()
-
 if (LLDB_ENABLE_CURSES)
   target_include_directories(lldbCore PRIVATE ${CURSES_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 endif()
diff --git a/lldb/source/Host/CMakeLists.txt b/lldb/source/Host/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/lldb/source/Host/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lldb/source/Host/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
   list(APPEND EXTRA_LIBS ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
 endif()
 if (LLDB_ENABLE_LIBEDIT)
-  list(APPEND EXTRA_LIBS ${LibEdit_LIBRARIES})
+  list(APPEND EXTRA_LIBS LibEdit::LibEdit)
 endif()
 if (LLDB_ENABLE_LZMA)
   list(APPEND EXTRA_LIBS ${LIBLZMA_LIBRARIES})
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
 endif()
 
 if (LLDB_ENABLE_LIBEDIT)
-  list(APPEND LLDB_LIBEDIT_LIBS ${LibEdit_LIBRARIES})
+  list(APPEND LLDB_LIBEDIT_LIBS LibEdit::LibEdit)
   if (LLVM_BUILD_STATIC)
     list(APPEND LLDB_SYSTEM_LIBS gpm)
   endif()
@@ -171,6 +171,3 @@
     Support
   )
 
-if (LLDB_ENABLE_LIBEDIT)
-  target_include_directories(lldbHost PUBLIC ${LibEdit_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-endif()
diff --git a/lldb/source/Interpreter/CMakeLists.txt b/lldb/source/Interpreter/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/lldb/source/Interpreter/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lldb/source/Interpreter/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -68,6 +68,3 @@
   LLDBInterpreterPropertiesGen
   LLDBInterpreterPropertiesEnumGen)
 
-if (LLDB_ENABLE_LIBEDIT)
-  target_include_directories(lldbInterpreter PRIVATE ${LibEdit_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-endif()
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/ScriptInterpreter/Python/CMakeLists.txt b/lldb/source/Plugins/ScriptInterpreter/Python/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/ScriptInterpreter/Python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/ScriptInterpreter/Python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 
 if (LLDB_ENABLE_LIBEDIT)
-  list(APPEND LLDB_LIBEDIT_LIBS ${LibEdit_LIBRARIES})
+  list(APPEND LLDB_LIBEDIT_LIBS LibEdit::LibEdit)
 endif()
 
 add_lldb_library(lldbPluginScriptInterpreterPython PLUGIN
@@ -35,9 +35,3 @@
   LINK_COMPONENTS
     Support
   )
-
-if (LLDB_ENABLE_LIBEDIT)
-  target_include_directories(lldbPluginScriptInterpreterPython PUBLIC
-    ${LibEdit_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-  )
-endif()
diff --git a/llvm/cmake/config-ix.cmake b/llvm/cmake/config-ix.cmake
--- a/llvm/cmake/config-ix.cmake
+++ b/llvm/cmake/config-ix.cmake
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
 check_symbol_exists(FE_INEXACT "fenv.h" HAVE_DECL_FE_INEXACT)
 
 check_include_file(mach/mach.h HAVE_MACH_MACH_H)
-check_include_file(histedit.h HAVE_HISTEDIT_H)
 check_include_file(CrashReporterClient.h HAVE_CRASHREPORTERCLIENT_H)
 if(APPLE)
   include(CheckCSourceCompiles)
@@ -184,10 +183,13 @@
   # Don't look for these libraries on Windows.
   if (NOT PURE_WINDOWS)
     # Skip libedit if using ASan as it contains memory leaks.
-    if (LLVM_ENABLE_LIBEDIT AND HAVE_HISTEDIT_H AND NOT LLVM_USE_SANITIZER MATCHES ".*Address.*")
-      check_library_exists(edit el_init "" HAVE_LIBEDIT)
-    else()
-      set(HAVE_LIBEDIT 0)
+    if (LLVM_ENABLE_LIBEDIT)
+      if (LLVM_USE_SANITIZER MATCHES ".*Address.*")
+        set(HAVE_LIBEDIT 0)
+      else()
+        find_package(LibEdit REQUIRED)
+        set(HAVE_LIBEDIT 1)
+      endif()
     endif()
     if(LLVM_ENABLE_TERMINFO)
       if(LLVM_ENABLE_TERMINFO STREQUAL FORCE_ON)
diff --git a/llvm/lib/LineEditor/CMakeLists.txt b/llvm/lib/LineEditor/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/llvm/lib/LineEditor/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/llvm/lib/LineEditor/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 if(HAVE_LIBEDIT)
-  set(link_libs edit)
+  set(link_libs LibEdit::LibEdit)
 endif()
 
 add_llvm_component_library(LLVMLineEditor
diff --git a/llvm/utils/gn/secondary/lldb/source/Host/BUILD.gn b/llvm/utils/gn/secondary/lldb/source/Host/BUILD.gn
--- a/llvm/utils/gn/secondary/lldb/source/Host/BUILD.gn
+++ b/llvm/utils/gn/secondary/lldb/source/Host/BUILD.gn
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
   #   list(APPEND EXTRA_LIBS ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
   # endif()
   # if (LLDB_ENABLE_LIBEDIT)
-  #   list(APPEND EXTRA_LIBS ${LibEdit_LIBRARIES})
+  #   list(APPEND EXTRA_LIBS LibEdit::LibEdit)
   # endif()
   # if (LLDB_ENABLE_LZMA)
   #   list(APPEND EXTRA_LIBS ${LIBLZMA_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/utils/bazel/llvm_configs/config.h.cmake b/utils/bazel/llvm_configs/config.h.cmake
--- a/utils/bazel/llvm_configs/config.h.cmake
+++ b/utils/bazel/llvm_configs/config.h.cmake
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 #cmakedefine HAVE_ISATTY 1
 
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `edit' library (-ledit). */
-#cmakedefine HAVE_LIBEDIT ${HAVE_LIBEDIT}
+#cmakedefine HAVE_LIBEDIT ${LibEdit_FOUND}
 
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `pfm' library (-lpfm). */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_LIBPFM ${HAVE_LIBPFM}