diff --git a/cmake/modules/AddSwift.cmake b/cmake/modules/AddSwift.cmake
index 267f09a3e6fd8..33d14ea530623 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/AddSwift.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/AddSwift.cmake
@@ -1403,10 +1403,27 @@ function(_add_swift_library_single target name)
     # Include LLVM Bitcode slices for iOS, Watch OS, and Apple TV OS device libraries.
     if(SWIFT_EMBED_BITCODE_SECTION AND NOT SWIFTLIB_SINGLE_DONT_EMBED_BITCODE)
       if(${SWIFTLIB_SINGLE_SDK} MATCHES "(I|TV|WATCH)OS")
-        target_link_options(${target} PRIVATE
-          "LINKER:-bitcode_bundle"
-          $<$<BOOL:SWIFT_EMBED_BITCODE_SECTION_HIDE_SYMBOLS>:"LINKER:-bitcode_hide_symbols">
-          "LINKER:-lto_library,${LLVM_LIBRARY_DIR}/libLTO.dylib")
+        # The two branches of this if statement accomplish the same end result
+        # We are simply accounting for the fact that on CMake < 3.16
+        # using a generator expression to
+        # specify a LINKER: argument does not work,
+        # since that seems not to allow the LINKER: prefix to be
+        # evaluated (i.e. it will be added as-is to the linker parameters)
+        if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.16)
+          target_link_options(${target} PRIVATE
+            "LINKER:-bitcode_bundle"
+            "LINKER:-lto_library,${LLVM_LIBRARY_DIR}/libLTO.dylib")
+
+          if(SWIFT_EMBED_BITCODE_SECTION_HIDE_SYMBOLS)
+            target_link_options(${target} PRIVATE
+              "LINKER:-bitcode_hide_symbols")
+          endif()
+        else()
+          target_link_options(${target} PRIVATE
+            "LINKER:-bitcode_bundle"
+            $<$<BOOL:SWIFT_EMBED_BITCODE_SECTION_HIDE_SYMBOLS>:"LINKER:-bitcode_hide_symbols">
+            "LINKER:-lto_library,${LLVM_LIBRARY_DIR}/libLTO.dylib")
+        endif()
       endif()
     endif()
   endif()