diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/CMakeLists.txt b/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -244,15 +244,8 @@
   compileDeviceRTLLibrary(${mcpu} amdgpu -target amdgcn-amd-amdhsa -DLIBOMPTARGET_BC_TARGET -D__AMDGCN__ -nogpulib)
 endforeach()
 
-set(LIBOMPTARGET_LLVM_VERSION "${LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR}.${LLVM_VERSION_MINOR}.${LLVM_VERSION_PATCH}")
-if(NOT (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "[Cc]lang" AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL LIBOMPTARGET_LLVM_VERSION))
-  libomptarget_say("Not building static library, CMake compiler '${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION}' is not 'Clang ${LIBOMPTARGET_LLVM_VERSION}'.")
-  libomptarget_say("  Use the 'LLVM_ENABLE_RUNTIMES=openmp' option instead")
-  return()
-endif()
-
 # Set the flags to build the device runtime from clang.
-set(clang_lib_flags -fopenmp -fopenmp-cuda-mode -foffload-lto -fvisibility=hidden -Xopenmp-target=nvptx64-nvidia-cuda --cuda-feature=+ptx61 -mllvm -openmp-opt-disable -nocudalib -nogpulib -nostdinc -DSHARED_SCRATCHPAD_SIZE=512)
+set(clang_lib_flags -fopenmp -fopenmp-cuda-mode -foffload-lto -fvisibility=hidden -Xopenmp-target=nvptx64-nvidia-cuda --cuda-feature=+ptx61 -mllvm -openmp-opt-disable -nocudalib -nogpulib -nostdinc -DSHARED_SCRATCHPAD_SIZE=512 -O3)
 foreach(arch ${nvptx_sm_list})
   set(clang_lib_flags ${clang_lib_flags} --offload-arch=sm_${arch})
 endforeach()
@@ -261,11 +254,43 @@
 endforeach()
 
 # Build the static library version of the device runtime.
+# first create an object target
+add_library(omptarget.devicertl.all_objs OBJECT IMPORTED)
+foreach(src ${src_files})
+  get_filename_component(infile ${src} ABSOLUTE)
+  get_filename_component(outfile ${src} NAME)
+  set(outfile "${outfile}.o")
+  set(outfile_full_path "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${outfile}")
+
+  add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${outfile_full_path}
+    COMMAND ${CLANG_TOOL} ${clang_lib_flags} --std=c++17 -c
+            -o ${outfile_full_path}
+            -I${include_directory}
+            -I${devicertl_base_directory}/../include
+            ${LIBOMPTARGET_LLVM_INCLUDE_DIRS_DEVICERTL}
+            ${infile}
+    DEPENDS ${infile} ${include_files}
+    IMPLICIT_DEPENDS CXX ${infile}
+    COMMENT "Building device code ${outfile}"
+    VERBATIM
+  )
+  if("${CLANG_TOOL}" STREQUAL "$<TARGET_FILE:clang>")
+    # Add a file-level dependency to ensure that clang is up-to-date.
+    # By default, add_custom_command only builds clang if the
+    # executable is missing.
+    add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${outfile_full_path}
+      DEPENDS clang
+      APPEND
+    )
+  endif()
+  set_property(DIRECTORY APPEND PROPERTY ADDITIONAL_MAKE_CLEAN_FILES ${outfile_full_path})
+
+  set_property(TARGET omptarget.devicertl.all_objs APPEND PROPERTY IMPORTED_OBJECTS ${outfile_full_path})
+endforeach()
+
+# second archive all the object files into a static library
 add_library(omptarget.devicertl STATIC)
-target_compile_features(omptarget.devicertl PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
-target_include_directories(omptarget.devicertl PRIVATE ${include_directory} ${devicertl_base_directory}/../include)
-target_compile_options(omptarget.devicertl PRIVATE ${clang_lib_flags})
+set_target_properties(omptarget.devicertl PROPERTIES LINKER_LANGUAGE CXX)
+target_link_libraries(omptarget.devicertl PRIVATE omptarget.devicertl.all_objs)
 
 install(TARGETS omptarget.devicertl ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${OPENMP_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
-
-add_subdirectory(src)