diff --git a/llvm/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake b/llvm/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake
--- a/llvm/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake
+++ b/llvm/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake
@@ -488,6 +488,7 @@
           add_dependencies(${obj_name} ${link_lib})
         endif()
       endforeach()
+      target_link_libraries(${obj_name} ${ARG_LINK_LIBS})
     endif()
   endif()
 
@@ -748,7 +749,7 @@
     "COMPONENT_NAME;ADD_TO_COMPONENT"
     ""
     ${ARGN})
-  add_llvm_library(${name} COMPONENT_LIB ${ARG_UNPARSED_ARGUMENTS})
+  add_llvm_library(${name} COMPONENT_LIB OBJECT ${ARG_UNPARSED_ARGUMENTS})
   string(REGEX REPLACE "^LLVM" "" component_name ${name})
   set_property(TARGET ${name} PROPERTY LLVM_COMPONENT_NAME ${component_name})
 
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
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@
   add_llvm_library(LLVM SHARED DISABLE_LLVM_LINK_LLVM_DYLIB SONAME ${INSTALL_WITH_TOOLCHAIN} ${SOURCES})
 
   list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES LIB_NAMES)
+
+  # Link against the object libraries instead of static libraries.
+  list(TRANSFORM LIB_NAMES PREPEND "obj.")
+
   if(("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" STREQUAL "Linux") OR (MINGW) OR (HAIKU)
      OR ("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" STREQUAL "FreeBSD")
      OR ("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" STREQUAL "GNU")