diff --git a/llvm/lib/Support/CMakeLists.txt b/llvm/lib/Support/CMakeLists.txt
index 82b7ceb856f251..7b45dc628160e0 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Support/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/llvm/lib/Support/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -200,8 +200,11 @@ add_llvm_component_library(LLVMSupport
 set(llvm_system_libs ${system_libs})
 
 if(LLVM_ENABLE_ZLIB)
-  string(TOUPPER ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} build_type)
-  get_property(zlib_library TARGET ZLIB::ZLIB PROPERTY LOCATION_${build_type})
+  # CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE is only meaningful to single-configuration generators.
+  if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+    string(TOUPPER ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} build_type)
+    get_property(zlib_library TARGET ZLIB::ZLIB PROPERTY LOCATION_${build_type})
+  endif()
   if(NOT zlib_library)
     get_property(zlib_library TARGET ZLIB::ZLIB PROPERTY LOCATION)
   endif()