diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f9f9de4c69..b10188781e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ if(LLVM_SPIRV_BUILD_EXTERNAL)
     set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY RULE_LAUNCH_COMPILE ccache)
     set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY RULE_LAUNCH_LINK ccache)
   endif()
+else()
+  is_llvm_target_library("SPIRV" spirv_present_result INCLUDED_TARGETS)
+  if(spirv_present_result)
+    set(SPIRV_BACKEND_FOUND TRUE)
+    add_compile_definitions(LLVM_SPIRV_BACKEND_TARGET_PRESENT)
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 set(LLVM_SPIRV_INCLUDE_DIRS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)