diff --git a/enzyme/CMakeLists.txt b/enzyme/CMakeLists.txt
index 833d9fa4a2aa9..08e2df0081a56 100644
--- a/enzyme/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/enzyme/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O2")
 SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG  "-O0 -g")
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 
 set(ENZYME_SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
 set(ENZYME_BINARY_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
@@ -14,6 +14,20 @@ set(ENZYME_BINARY_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 set(LLVM_SHLIBEXT "${CMAKE_SHARED_MODULE_SUFFIX}")
 message( LLVM_SHLIBEXT = ${LLVM_SHLIBEXT} )
 
+get_filename_component(LLVM_ABSOLUTE_DIR
+    "${LLVM_DIR}"
+    REALPATH BASE_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}")
+
+set(LLVM_DIR "${LLVM_ABSOLUTE_DIR}" CACHE FILEPATH "b" FORCE)
+
+message("found llvm dir " ${LLVM_DIR})
+
+get_filename_component(LLVM_ABSOLUTE_LIT
+                       "${LLVM_EXTERNAL_LIT}"
+                       REALPATH BASE_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}")
+
+                   set(LLVM_EXTERNAL_LIT "${LLVM_ABSOLUTE_LIT}" CACHE FILEPATH "a" FORCE)
+message("found llvm lit " ${LLVM_EXTERNAL_LIT})
 
 find_package(LLVM REQUIRED CONFIG)
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${LLVM_CMAKE_DIR}")
@@ -21,6 +35,9 @@ include(AddLLVM)
 
 add_definitions(${LLVM_DEFINITIONS})
 include_directories(${LLVM_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+message("found llvm include directory here " ${LLVM_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+message("found llvm definitions " ${LLVM_DEFINITIONS})
+message("found llvm version " ${LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR})
 
 add_subdirectory(Enzyme)
 add_subdirectory(test)
diff --git a/enzyme/Enzyme/CMakeLists.txt b/enzyme/Enzyme/CMakeLists.txt
index f145437863e08..77c9a4b29c8fb 100644
--- a/enzyme/Enzyme/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/enzyme/Enzyme/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 #  set(LLVM_LINK_COMPONENTS Core Support)
 #endif()
 
-if (${LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR} LESS_EQUAL 7)
-add_llvm_loadable_module( LLVMEnzyme
+if (${LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR} LESS 8)
+    add_llvm_loadable_module( LLVMEnzyme-${LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR}
     Enzyme.cpp
     DEPENDS
     intrinsics_gen
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ add_llvm_loadable_module( LLVMEnzyme
     opt
   )
 else()
-add_llvm_library( LLVMEnzyme
+    add_llvm_library( LLVMEnzyme-${LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR}
     Enzyme.cpp
     MODULE
     DEPENDS
diff --git a/enzyme/test/CMakeLists.txt b/enzyme/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 12e6b9b397ef7..60f263e9e769b 100644
--- a/enzyme/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/enzyme/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ configure_lit_site_cfg(
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lit.cfg.py
 )
 
-set(ENZYME_TEST_DEPS LLVMEnzyme)
+set(ENZYME_TEST_DEPS LLVMEnzyme-${LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR})
 
 set(ENZYME_TESTSUITES)
 list(APPEND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/lit.cfg)
diff --git a/enzyme/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in b/enzyme/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
index c5cd80d0c8152..4d51ef02d78c0 100644
--- a/enzyme/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
+++ b/enzyme/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 @LIT_SITE_CFG_IN_HEADER@
 
 #config.llvm_src_root = "@LLVM_SOURCE_DIR@"
+config.llvm_ver = "@LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR@"
 config.llvm_obj_root = "@LLVM_BINARY_DIR@"
 config.llvm_tools_dir = "@LLVM_TOOLS_BINARY_DIR@"
 config.llvm_libs_dir = "@LLVM_LIBS_DIR@"
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ config.excludes = ['Inputs']
 
 config.substitutions.append(('%shlibext', config.llvm_shlib_ext))
 config.substitutions.append(('%loadEnzyme', ''
-                                 + ' -load=@ENZYME_BINARY_DIR@/Enzyme/LLVMEnzyme' + config.llvm_shlib_ext
+                                 + ' -load=@ENZYME_BINARY_DIR@/Enzyme/LLVMEnzyme-' + config.llvm_ver + config.llvm_shlib_ext
                                  ))
 
 # Let the main config do the real work.