Index: CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- CMakeLists.txt
+++ CMakeLists.txt
@@ -540,6 +540,10 @@
   endif()
 endif()
 
+if (LLVM_BUILD_STATIC)
+  set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -static")
+endif()
+
 # All options referred to from HandleLLVMOptions have to be specified
 # BEFORE this include, otherwise options will not be correctly set on
 # first cmake run
Index: cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
===================================================================
--- cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
+++ cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
@@ -180,10 +180,6 @@
   endif( LLVM_BUILD_32_BITS )
 endif( CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8 AND NOT WIN32 )
 
-if (LLVM_BUILD_STATIC)
-  set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -static")
-endif()
-
 if( XCODE )
   # For Xcode enable several build settings that correspond to
   # many warnings that are on by default in Clang but are