diff --git a/mlir/cmake/modules/AddMLIR.cmake b/mlir/cmake/modules/AddMLIR.cmake
--- a/mlir/cmake/modules/AddMLIR.cmake
+++ b/mlir/cmake/modules/AddMLIR.cmake
@@ -46,3 +46,9 @@
   set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY MLIR_CONVERSION_LIBS ${name})
   add_mlir_library(${ARGV})
 endfunction(add_mlir_conversion_library)
+
+# Declare the library associated with a translation.
+function(add_mlir_translation_library name)
+  set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY MLIR_TRANSLATION_LIBS ${name})
+  add_mlir_library(${ARGV})
+endfunction(add_mlir_translation_library)
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Target/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Target/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Target/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Target/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-add_mlir_library(MLIRTargetLLVMIRModuleTranslation
+add_mlir_translation_library(MLIRTargetLLVMIRModuleTranslation
   LLVMIR/DebugTranslation.cpp
   LLVMIR/ModuleTranslation.cpp
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   MLIRTranslation
   )
 
-add_mlir_library(MLIRTargetAVX512
+add_mlir_translation_library(MLIRTargetAVX512
   LLVMIR/LLVMAVX512Intr.cpp
 
   ADDITIONAL_HEADER_DIRS
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   MLIRTargetLLVMIRModuleTranslation
   )
 
-add_mlir_library(MLIRTargetLLVMIR
+add_mlir_translation_library(MLIRTargetLLVMIR
   LLVMIR/ConvertFromLLVMIR.cpp
   LLVMIR/ConvertToLLVMIR.cpp
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
   MLIRTargetLLVMIRModuleTranslation
   )
 
-add_mlir_library(MLIRTargetNVVMIR
+add_mlir_translation_library(MLIRTargetNVVMIR
   LLVMIR/ConvertToNVVMIR.cpp
 
   ADDITIONAL_HEADER_DIRS
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
   MLIRTargetLLVMIRModuleTranslation
   )
 
-add_mlir_library(MLIRTargetROCDLIR
+add_mlir_translation_library(MLIRTargetROCDLIR
   LLVMIR/ConvertToROCDLIR.cpp
 
   ADDITIONAL_HEADER_DIRS
diff --git a/mlir/tools/mlir-translate/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/tools/mlir-translate/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/tools/mlir-translate/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/tools/mlir-translate/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 get_property(dialect_libs GLOBAL PROPERTY MLIR_DIALECT_LIBS)
+get_property(translation_libs GLOBAL PROPERTY MLIR_TRANSLATION_LIBS)
 set(LIBS
   ${dialect_libs}
+  ${translation_libs}
   MLIRParser
   MLIRPass
   MLIRSPIRV
-  MLIRSPIRVSerialization
-  MLIRTargetAVX512
-  MLIRTargetLLVMIR
-  MLIRTargetNVVMIR
-  MLIRTargetROCDLIR
   MLIRTranslation
   MLIRSupport
 )