diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index de51d6266..fef6eddac 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ include(MacroEnsureOutOfSourceBuild)
 include(dsym)
 include(xcproj)
 include(architecture)
+include(create_symlink)
 
 MACRO_ENSURE_OUT_OF_SOURCE_BUILD()
 
diff --git a/cmake/create_symlink.cmake b/cmake/create_symlink.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f533a750f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/create_symlink.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#
+# used to create a symbolic link at configuration time
+#
+function(create_symlink target output_path)
+	if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "3.14.0")
+		# use CREATE_LINK if we can
+		file(CREATE_LINK "${target}" "${output_path}" SYMBOLIC)
+	else()
+		# fallback to `ln` otherwise
+		execute_process(COMMAND ln -sfn "${target}" "${output_path}")
+	endif()
+endfunction()