diff --git a/llvm-spirv/tools/llvm-spirv/CMakeLists.txt b/llvm-spirv/tools/llvm-spirv/CMakeLists.txt
index 9aa96d9c41f02..501c0daf4b636 100644
--- a/llvm-spirv/tools/llvm-spirv/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/llvm-spirv/tools/llvm-spirv/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ add_llvm_tool(llvm-spirv
   NO_INSTALL_RPATH
 )
 
-if (LLVM_SPIRV_BUILD_EXTERNAL)
+if (LLVM_SPIRV_BUILD_EXTERNAL OR LLVM_LINK_LLVM_DYLIB)
   target_link_libraries(llvm-spirv PRIVATE LLVMSPIRVLib)
 endif()