diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-shlib/CMakeLists.txt b/llvm/tools/llvm-shlib/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-shlib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-shlib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -164,9 +164,18 @@
 
   set(LLVM_EXPORTED_SYMBOL_FILE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}/libllvm-c.exports)
 
+  if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
+    build_native_tool(TARGET llvm-nm
+                      OUTPUT_PATH_VAR llvm_nm)
+    set(llvm_nm_target "${llvm_nm}")
+  else()
+    set(llvm_nm $<TARGET_FILE:llvm-nm>)
+    set(llvm_nm_target llvm-nm)
+  endif()
+
   add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${LLVM_EXPORTED_SYMBOL_FILE}
-    COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${GEN_SCRIPT} --libsfile ${LIBSFILE} ${GEN_UNDERSCORE} --nm ${LLVM_TOOLS_BINARY_DIR}/llvm-nm -o ${LLVM_EXPORTED_SYMBOL_FILE}
-    DEPENDS ${LIB_NAMES} llvm-nm
+    COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${GEN_SCRIPT} --libsfile ${LIBSFILE} ${GEN_UNDERSCORE} --nm "${llvm_nm}" -o ${LLVM_EXPORTED_SYMBOL_FILE}
+    DEPENDS ${LIB_NAMES} ${llvm_nm_target}
     COMMENT "Generating export list for LLVM-C"
     VERBATIM )