cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8) project(LooseObjectDepends C) add_custom_command( OUTPUT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/command.h" COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E touch "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/command.h" COMMENT "Creating command.h") add_custom_target(create-command.h DEPENDS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/command.h") add_custom_target(create-target.h BYPRODUCTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/target.h" COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E touch "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/target.h" COMMENT "Creating target.h") add_library(dep SHARED dep.c) add_dependencies(dep create-command.h create-target.h) target_include_directories(dep PUBLIC "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}") add_library(top top.c) target_link_libraries(top PRIVATE dep)