diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,9 +39,11 @@
     set(HAS_STD_REGEX FALSE)
 endif()
 
-# Don't link against LLVMSupport, causes: CommandLine Error: Option 'view-background' registered more than once!
 STRING(REPLACE " " ";" LLVM_LIBS_LIST ${LLVM_LIBS}) # Transform into a list
-LIST(REMOVE_ITEM LLVM_LIBS_LIST "-lLLVMSupport")    # Remove element
+if (NOT LLVM_SHARED_MODE)
+    # Don't link against LLVMSupport, causes: CommandLine Error: Option 'view-background' registered more than once!
+    LIST(REMOVE_ITEM LLVM_LIBS_LIST "-lLLVMSupport")    # Remove element
+endif()
 
 macro(add_clang_plugin name)
     set (srcs ${ARGN})
diff --git a/cmake/FindLLVM.cmake b/cmake/FindLLVM.cmake
--- a/cmake/FindLLVM.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindLLVM.cmake
@@ -114,6 +114,17 @@
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE LLVM_INSTALL_PREFIX
     OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
   )
+  
+    execute_process(
+        COMMAND ${LLVM_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE} --shared-mode
+        OUTPUT_VARIABLE _LLVM_SHARED_MODE
+        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+    )
+    if (_LLVM_SHARED_MODE STREQUAL "shared")
+        set(LLVM_SHARED_MODE ON)
+    else()
+        set(LLVM_SHARED_MODE OFF)
+    endif()
 
   # potentially add include dir from binary dir for non-installed LLVM
   execute_process(