diff -ur OpenGTL-0.9.15.1/cmake/modules/FindLLVM.cmake OpenGTL-0.9.15.1-shared-llvm/cmake/modules/FindLLVM.cmake
--- OpenGTL-0.9.15.1/cmake/modules/FindLLVM.cmake	2011-04-10 11:03:22.000000000 +0200
+++ OpenGTL-0.9.15.1-shared-llvm/cmake/modules/FindLLVM.cmake	2011-10-10 22:11:13.000000000 +0200
@@ -33,29 +33,30 @@
         /opt/local/bin
     )
     
-    MACRO(FIND_LLVM_LIBS LLVM_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE _libname_ LIB_VAR OBJECT_VAR)
-      exec_program( perl ARGS ${LLVM_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE} --libs ${_libname_}  OUTPUT_VARIABLE ${LIB_VAR} )
-      STRING(REGEX MATCHALL "[^ ]*[.]o[ $]"  ${OBJECT_VAR} ${${LIB_VAR}})
-      SEPARATE_ARGUMENTS(${OBJECT_VAR})
-      STRING(REGEX REPLACE "[^ ]*[.]o[ $]" ""  ${LIB_VAR} ${${LIB_VAR}})
-    ENDMACRO(FIND_LLVM_LIBS)
-    
+    exec_program(${LLVM_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE} ARGS --version OUTPUT_VARIABLE LLVM_VERSION )
     
     exec_program(${LLVM_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE} ARGS --libdir OUTPUT_VARIABLE LLVM_LIB_DIR )
     exec_program(${LLVM_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE} ARGS --includedir OUTPUT_VARIABLE LLVM_INCLUDE_DIR )
     
+    find_library(LLVM_SHARED_LIB NAMES LLVM-${LLVM_VERSION} PATHS ${LLVM_LIB_DIR})
     
     exec_program(${LLVM_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE} ARGS --cxxflags  OUTPUT_VARIABLE LLVM_COMPILE_FLAGS )
     
     STRING(REGEX MATCH "PIC" LLVM_COMPILE_FLAGS_PIC ${LLVM_COMPILE_FLAGS} )
     STRING(REGEX MATCH "NDEBUG" LLVM_COMPILE_FLAGS_NDEBUG ${LLVM_COMPILE_FLAGS} )
     
-    if(LLVM_COMPILE_FLAGS_PIC)
-      message(STATUS "llvm was compiled with pic")
+    if(LLVM_SHARED_LIB)
+      message(STATUS "llvm was compiled as a shared library")
+      # assume the shared library is PIC, otherwise the build is very broken
       set(LLVM_COMPILED_WITH_PIC TRUE)
-    else(LLVM_COMPILE_FLAGS_PIC)
-      set(LLVM_COMPILED_WITH_PIC FALSE)
-    endif(LLVM_COMPILE_FLAGS_PIC)
+    else(LLVM_SHARED_LIB)
+      if(LLVM_COMPILE_FLAGS_PIC)
+        message(STATUS "llvm was compiled with pic")
+        set(LLVM_COMPILED_WITH_PIC TRUE)
+      else(LLVM_COMPILE_FLAGS_PIC)
+        set(LLVM_COMPILED_WITH_PIC FALSE)
+      endif(LLVM_COMPILE_FLAGS_PIC)
+    endif(LLVM_SHARED_LIB)
 
     if(LLVM_COMPILE_FLAGS_NDEBUG)
       message(STATUS "llvm was compiled without assert")
@@ -64,9 +65,25 @@
       set(LLVM_COMPILED_WITHOUT_ASSERTS FALSE)
     endif(LLVM_COMPILE_FLAGS_NDEBUG)
 
-    exec_program(${LLVM_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE} ARGS --ldflags   OUTPUT_VARIABLE LLVM_LDFLAGS )
-    exec_program(${LLVM_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE} ARGS --libs core OUTPUT_VARIABLE LLVM_LIBS_CORE )
-    exec_program(${LLVM_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE} ARGS --version OUTPUT_VARIABLE LLVM_VERSION )
+    if(LLVM_SHARED_LIB)
+      set(LLVM_LDFLAGS "")
+      set(LLVM_LIBS_CORE ${LLVM_SHARED_LIB})
+    else(LLVM_SHARED_LIB)
+      exec_program(${LLVM_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE} ARGS --ldflags   OUTPUT_VARIABLE LLVM_LDFLAGS )
+      exec_program(${LLVM_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE} ARGS --libs core OUTPUT_VARIABLE LLVM_LIBS_CORE )
+    endif(LLVM_SHARED_LIB)
+
+    MACRO(FIND_LLVM_LIBS LLVM_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE _libname_ LIB_VAR OBJECT_VAR)
+      if(LLVM_SHARED_LIB)
+        set(${LIB_VAR} ${LLVM_SHARED_LIB})
+        set(${OBJECT_VAR} "")
+      else(LLVM_SHARED_LIB)
+        exec_program( perl ARGS ${LLVM_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE} --libs ${_libname_}  OUTPUT_VARIABLE ${LIB_VAR} )
+        STRING(REGEX MATCHALL "[^ ]*[.]o[ $]"  ${OBJECT_VAR} ${${LIB_VAR}})
+        SEPARATE_ARGUMENTS(${OBJECT_VAR})
+        STRING(REGEX REPLACE "[^ ]*[.]o[ $]" ""  ${LIB_VAR} ${${LIB_VAR}})
+      endif(LLVM_SHARED_LIB)
+    ENDMACRO(FIND_LLVM_LIBS)
     
     if(LLVM_INCLUDE_DIR)
       set(LLVM_FOUND TRUE)