project(ConvLibrary) # create a source list set(foo_sources foo.cxx bar.c sub1/car.cxx) # create a library foo from the sources add_library(foo ${foo_sources}) # get the object files from the target get_target_property(OBJECT_FILES foo OBJECT_FILES) message("${OBJECT_FILES}") # set the object files as generated set_source_files_properties(${OBJECT_FILES} PROPERTIES GENERATED true) # create a library bar that contains the object files from foo add_library(bar ${OBJECT_FILES}) # set the linker language since bar only has .obj set_target_properties(bar PROPERTIES LINKER_LANGUAGE CXX) # make sure foo is built before bar add_dependencies(bar foo) add_executable(bartest bartest.cxx) target_link_libraries(bartest bar)