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
@@ -184,7 +184,12 @@
 # Verification tools to aid debugging.
 function(mlir_check_link_libraries name)
   if(TARGET ${name})
-    get_target_property(libs ${name} LINK_LIBRARIES)
+    get_target_property(type ${name} TYPE)
+    if (${type} STREQUAL "INTERFACE_LIBRARY")
+      get_target_property(libs ${name} INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES)
+    else()
+      get_target_property(libs ${name} LINK_LIBRARIES)
+    endif()
     # message("${name} libs are: ${libs}")
     set(linking_llvm 0)
     foreach(lib ${libs})