diff --git a/libcxx/CMakeLists.txt b/libcxx/CMakeLists.txt
index fb7b9457f07f..918b41258255 100644
--- a/libcxx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libcxx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ if (LIBCXX_CXX_ABI STREQUAL "default")
           ${LLVM_MAIN_SRC_DIR}/runtimes/libcxxabi/include
     NO_DEFAULT_PATH
   )
-  if (IS_DIRECTORY "${LIBCXX_LIBCXXABI_INCLUDES_INTERNAL}")
+  if ((NOT LIBCXX_STANDALONE_BUILD OR HAVE_LIBCXXABI) AND
+      IS_DIRECTORY "${LIBCXX_LIBCXXABI_INCLUDES_INTERNAL}")
     set(LIBCXX_CXX_ABI_LIBNAME "libcxxabi")
     set(LIBCXX_CXX_ABI_INCLUDE_PATHS "${LIBCXX_LIBCXXABI_INCLUDES_INTERNAL}")
     set(LIBCXX_CXX_ABI_INTREE 1)