diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a282b51163b..b15e2354a5c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -550,12 +550,16 @@ gen_kobj(KOBJ_INCLUDE_PATH)
 # Generate offsets.c.obj from offsets.c
 # Generate offsets.h     from offsets.c.obj
 
-set(OFFSETS_C_PATH ${ZEPHYR_BASE}/arch/${ARCH}/core/offsets/offsets.c)
-set(OFFSETS_O_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/CMakeFiles/offsets.dir/arch/${ARCH}/core/offsets/offsets.c.obj)
+set(OFFSETS_C_PATH arch/${ARCH}/core/offsets/offsets.c)
 set(OFFSETS_H_PATH ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/include/generated/offsets.h)
 
-add_library(          offsets STATIC ${OFFSETS_C_PATH})
-target_link_libraries(offsets zephyr_interface)
+add_library(          offsets OBJECT ${OFFSETS_C_PATH})
+# target_link_libraries for librareis of type OBJECT is not supported in CMake until 3.12.3. Until then the
+# include directories, compile options and compile definitions are transefered using the the following 3 lines.
+target_include_directories(offsets PRIVATE $<TARGET_PROPERTY:zephyr_interface,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>)
+target_compile_options(offsets PRIVATE $<TARGET_PROPERTY:zephyr_interface,INTERFACE_COMPILE_OPTIONS>)
+target_compile_definitions(offsets PRIVATE $<TARGET_PROPERTY:zephyr_interface,INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS>)
+
 add_dependencies(     offsets
   syscall_list_h_target
   syscall_macros_h_target
@@ -566,7 +570,7 @@ add_dependencies(     offsets
 add_custom_command(
   OUTPUT ${OFFSETS_H_PATH}
   COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${ZEPHYR_BASE}/scripts/gen_offset_header.py
-  -i ${OFFSETS_O_PATH}
+  -i $<TARGET_OBJECTS:offsets>
   -o ${OFFSETS_H_PATH}
   DEPENDS offsets
 )
@@ -797,7 +801,7 @@ set(zephyr_lnk
   ${ZEPHYR_LIBS_PROPERTY}
   ${LINKERFLAGPREFIX},--no-whole-archive
   kernel
-  ${OFFSETS_O_PATH}
+  $<TARGET_OBJECTS:offsets>
   ${LIB_INCLUDE_DIR}
   -L${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}
   ${TOOLCHAIN_LIBS}