diff --git a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/CompilerOutput.kt b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/CompilerOutput.kt
index d9cab47523c..e27859c099f 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/CompilerOutput.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/CompilerOutput.kt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan
 
 import llvm.*
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.cexport.produceCAdapterBitcode
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.driver.PhaseContext
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.llvm.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.llvm.objc.patchObjCRuntimeModule
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.target.CompilerOutputKind
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.library.BaseKotlinLibrary
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.library.uniqueName
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.addToStdlib.ifNotEmpty
+import java.io.File
 
 /**
  * Supposed to be true for a single LLVM module within final binary.
@@ -142,23 +142,15 @@ internal fun insertAliasToEntryPoint(context: PhaseContext, module: LLVMModuleRe
     LLVMAddAlias(module, LLVMTypeOf(entryPoint)!!, entryPoint, "main")
 }
 
-internal fun linkBitcodeDependencies(generationState: NativeGenerationState) {
+internal fun linkBitcodeDependencies(generationState: NativeGenerationState,
+                                     generatedBitcodeFiles: List<File>) {
     val config = generationState.config
-    val tempFiles = generationState.tempFiles
     val produce = config.produce
 
-    val generatedBitcodeFiles =
-            if (produce == CompilerOutputKind.DYNAMIC || produce == CompilerOutputKind.STATIC) {
-                produceCAdapterBitcode(
-                        config.clang,
-                        tempFiles.cAdapterCppName,
-                        tempFiles.cAdapterBitcodeName)
-                listOf(tempFiles.cAdapterBitcodeName)
-            } else emptyList()
     if (produce == CompilerOutputKind.FRAMEWORK && config.produceStaticFramework) {
         embedAppleLinkerOptionsToBitcode(generationState.llvm, config)
     }
-    linkAllDependencies(generationState, generatedBitcodeFiles)
+    linkAllDependencies(generationState, generatedBitcodeFiles.map { it.absoluteFile.normalize().path })
 
 }
 
diff --git a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/cexport/CAdapterCompile.kt b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/cexport/CAdapterCompile.kt
index b740dd1a50d..07f7e0a210d 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/cexport/CAdapterCompile.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/cexport/CAdapterCompile.kt
@@ -7,10 +7,17 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.cexport
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.exec.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.target.*
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.file.*
+import java.io.File
 
-// Fourth phase of C export: compile runtime bindings to bitcode.
-fun produceCAdapterBitcode(clang: ClangArgs, cppFileName: String, bitcodeFileName: String) {
-    val clangCommand = clang.clangCXX("-std=c++17", cppFileName, "-emit-llvm", "-c", "-o", bitcodeFileName)
+/**
+ * Fourth phase of C export: compile runtime bindings to bitcode.
+ */
+fun produceCAdapterBitcode(clang: ClangArgs, cppFile: File, bitcodeFile: File) {
+    val clangCommand = clang.clangCXX(
+            "-std=c++17",
+            cppFile.absoluteFile.normalize().path,
+            "-emit-llvm", "-c",
+            "-o", bitcodeFile.absoluteFile.normalize().path
+    )
     Command(clangCommand).execute()
 }
diff --git a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/driver/phases/Bitcode.kt b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/driver/phases/Bitcode.kt
index 523ad379f9d..69c980277b4 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/driver/phases/Bitcode.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/driver/phases/Bitcode.kt
@@ -102,11 +102,11 @@ internal val CStubsPhase = createSimpleNamedCompilerPhase<NativeGenerationState,
         op = { context, _ -> produceCStubs(context) }
 )
 
-internal val LinkBitcodeDependenciesPhase = createSimpleNamedCompilerPhase<NativeGenerationState, Unit>(
+internal val LinkBitcodeDependenciesPhase = createSimpleNamedCompilerPhase<NativeGenerationState, List<File>>(
         name = "LinkBitcodeDependencies",
         description = "Link bitcode dependencies",
         postactions = getDefaultLlvmModuleActions(),
-        op = { context, _ -> linkBitcodeDependencies(context) }
+        op = { context, input -> linkBitcodeDependencies(context, input) }
 )
 
 internal val VerifyBitcodePhase = createSimpleNamedCompilerPhase<PhaseContext, LLVMModuleRef>(
diff --git a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/driver/phases/CExport.kt b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/driver/phases/CExport.kt
index 9c050d17d7f..9826f223f18 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/driver/phases/CExport.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/driver/phases/CExport.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.driver.phases
 
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.cexport.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.cexport.CAdapterApiExporter
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.cexport.CAdapterExportedElements
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.cexport.CAdapterGenerator
@@ -39,4 +40,16 @@ internal val CExportGenerateApiPhase = createSimpleNamedCompilerPhase<PhaseConte
             cppAdapterFile = input.cppAdapterFile,
             target = context.config.target,
     ).makeGlobalStruct()
+}
+
+internal class CExportCompileAdapterInput(
+        val cppAdapterFile: File,
+        val bitcodeAdapterFile: File,
+)
+
+internal val CExportCompileAdapterPhase = createSimpleNamedCompilerPhase<PhaseContext, CExportCompileAdapterInput>(
+        name = "CExportCompileAdapter",
+        description = "Compile C++ adapter to bitcode"
+) { context, input ->
+    produceCAdapterBitcode(context.config.clang, input.cppAdapterFile, input.bitcodeAdapterFile)
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/driver/phases/TopLevelPhases.kt b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/driver/phases/TopLevelPhases.kt
index 7f4c0f15c87..11eb44e2fc0 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/driver/phases/TopLevelPhases.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/driver/phases/TopLevelPhases.kt
@@ -174,14 +174,20 @@ internal fun PhaseEngine<NativeGenerationState>.runBackendCodegen(module: IrModu
     }
     mergeDependencies(module, dependenciesToCompile)
     runCodegen(module)
-    if (context.config.produce.isNativeLibrary) {
+    val generatedBitcodeFiles = if (context.config.produce.isNativeLibrary) {
+        val cppAdapterFile = context.tempFiles.cAdapterCpp.javaFile()
+        val bitcodeAdapterFile = context.tempFiles.cAdapterBitcode.javaFile()
         val input = CExportGenerateApiInput(
                 context.context.cAdapterExportedElements!!,
                 headerFile = context.outputFiles.cAdapterHeader.javaFile(),
                 defFile = if (context.config.target.family == Family.MINGW) context.outputFiles.cAdapterDef.javaFile() else null,
-                cppAdapterFile = context.tempFiles.cAdapterCpp.javaFile()
+                cppAdapterFile = cppAdapterFile
         )
         runPhase(CExportGenerateApiPhase, input)
+        runPhase(CExportCompileAdapterPhase, CExportCompileAdapterInput(cppAdapterFile, bitcodeAdapterFile))
+        listOf(bitcodeAdapterFile)
+    } else {
+        emptyList()
     }
     runPhase(CStubsPhase)
     // TODO: Consider extracting llvmModule and friends from nativeGenerationState and pass them explicitly.
@@ -194,7 +200,7 @@ internal fun PhaseEngine<NativeGenerationState>.runBackendCodegen(module: IrModu
     if (context.shouldPrintBitCode()) {
         runPhase(PrintBitcodePhase, llvmModule)
     }
-    runPhase(LinkBitcodeDependenciesPhase)
+    runPhase(LinkBitcodeDependenciesPhase, generatedBitcodeFiles)
 }
 
 /**