diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0b6195d9a..cab9da054 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
 
 option(GC_LEGACY_ENABLE ON)
 option(GC_TEST_ENABLE "Build the tests" ON)
+option(GC_DEV_LINK_LLVM_DYLIB "Link dynamic libraries of LLVM and MLIR. For developers only. Do not use it in packing the library." OFF)
 
 if(GC_LEGACY_ENABLE)
     add_subdirectory(legacy/core)
diff --git a/cmake/functions.cmake b/cmake/functions.cmake
index 32cbdf052..675def341 100644
--- a/cmake/functions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/functions.cmake
@@ -94,3 +94,16 @@ function(gc_add_path list_name paths)
             CACHE INTERNAL "${list_name} paths"
     )
 endfunction()
+
+
+macro(gc_set_mlir_link_components VAR)
+    if(GC_DEV_LINK_LLVM_DYLIB)
+        set(${VAR}
+            MLIR
+        )
+    else()
+        set(${VAR}
+            ${ARGN}
+        )
+    endif()
+endmacro()
diff --git a/lib/gc/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/gc/CMakeLists.txt
index f5ed3a6e5..fd78d6cab 100644
--- a/lib/gc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/gc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@ if(GC_MLIR_CXX_FLAGS)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${GC_MLIR_CXX_FLAGS}")
 endif()
 
+include(functions)
+
 add_subdirectory(Dialect)
 add_subdirectory(Transforms)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/gc/Dialect/Linalgx/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/gc/Dialect/Linalgx/CMakeLists.txt
index 65957f316..d0daa2bcf 100644
--- a/lib/gc/Dialect/Linalgx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/gc/Dialect/Linalgx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+gc_set_mlir_link_components(MLIR_LINK_COMPONENTS MLIRIR)
+
 add_mlir_dialect_library(MLIRLinalgx
     LinalgxDialect.cpp
     LinalgxOps.cpp
@@ -9,5 +11,6 @@ add_mlir_dialect_library(MLIRLinalgx
     MLIRLinalgxOpsIncGen
     
     LINK_LIBS PUBLIC
-    MLIRIR
-)
\ No newline at end of file
+    ${MLIR_LINK_COMPONENTS}
+)
+set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY GC_DIALECT_LIBS MLIRLinalgx)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/gc/Dialect/Microkernel/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/gc/Dialect/Microkernel/CMakeLists.txt
index e6d911a3b..a3eaa8d3d 100644
--- a/lib/gc/Dialect/Microkernel/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/gc/Dialect/Microkernel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+gc_set_mlir_link_components(MLIR_LINK_COMPONENTS MLIRIR)
+
 add_mlir_dialect_library(MLIRMicrokernel
     MicrokernelDialect.cpp
     MicrokernelOps.cpp
@@ -9,5 +11,6 @@ add_mlir_dialect_library(MLIRMicrokernel
     MLIRMicrokernelOpsIncGen
     
     LINK_LIBS PUBLIC
-    MLIRIR
-)
\ No newline at end of file
+    ${MLIR_LINK_COMPONENTS}
+)
+set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY GC_DIALECT_LIBS MLIRMicrokernel)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/gc/Dialect/OneDNNGraph/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/gc/Dialect/OneDNNGraph/CMakeLists.txt
index 2dc50f1b7..a030820ee 100644
--- a/lib/gc/Dialect/OneDNNGraph/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/gc/Dialect/OneDNNGraph/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+gc_set_mlir_link_components(MLIR_LINK_COMPONENTS MLIRIR)
 add_mlir_dialect_library(MLIROneDNNGraph
     OneDNNGraphDialect.cpp
     OneDNNGraphOps.cpp
@@ -9,5 +10,6 @@ add_mlir_dialect_library(MLIROneDNNGraph
     MLIROneDNNGraphOpsIncGen
     
     LINK_LIBS PUBLIC
-    MLIRIR
-)
\ No newline at end of file
+    ${MLIR_LINK_COMPONENTS}
+)
+set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY GC_DIALECT_LIBS MLIROneDNNGraph)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/gc/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/gc/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
index 1bcdf115c..e7e97ea26 100644
--- a/lib/gc/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/gc/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+gc_set_mlir_link_components(MLIR_LINK_COMPONENTS
+  MLIRIR
+  MLIRSupport
+  MLIRBufferizationToMemRef
+  MLIRBufferizationPipelines)
+
 add_mlir_library(GCPasses
   OneDNNGraphToLinalg.cpp
   TileNamed.cpp
@@ -10,9 +16,7 @@ add_mlir_library(GCPasses
 
   LINK_LIBS PUBLIC
     ${mlir_dialect_libs}
+    ${MLIR_LINK_COMPONENTS}
     MLIROneDNNGraph
-    MLIRIR
-    MLIRSupport
-    MLIRBufferizationToMemRef
-    MLIRBufferizationPipelines
   )
+set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY GC_PASS_LIBS GCPasses)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index f6298c270..a1af4a91a 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-get_property(dialect_libs GLOBAL PROPERTY MLIR_DIALECT_LIBS)
-get_property(conversion_libs GLOBAL PROPERTY MLIR_CONVERSION_LIBS)
-
 add_subdirectory(dnnl)
 add_subdirectory(gc-cpu-runner)
 add_subdirectory(gc-opt)
diff --git a/src/gc-cpu-runner/CMakeLists.txt b/src/gc-cpu-runner/CMakeLists.txt
index eb45c93b0..f3f768612 100644
--- a/src/gc-cpu-runner/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/gc-cpu-runner/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,23 +1,34 @@
-# the dependency list copied from mlir/tools/mlir-cpu-runner/CMakeLists.txt of upstream
-set(LLVM_LINK_COMPONENTS
-  Core
-  Support
-  nativecodegen
-  native
-)
-set(MLIR_LINK_COMPONENTS
-  MLIRAnalysis
-  MLIRBuiltinToLLVMIRTranslation
-  MLIRExecutionEngine
-  MLIRIR
-  MLIRJitRunner
-  MLIRLLVMDialect
-  MLIRLLVMToLLVMIRTranslation
-  MLIRToLLVMIRTranslationRegistration
-  MLIRParser
-  MLIRTargetLLVMIRExport
-  MLIRSupport
-)
+if(GC_DEV_LINK_LLVM_DYLIB)
+  set(LLVM_LINK_COMPONENTS
+    LLVM
+    )
+  set(MLIR_LINK_COMPONENTS
+    MLIR
+    MLIRExecutionEngineShared
+    MLIRJitRunner
+  )
+else()
+  # the dependency list copied from mlir/tools/mlir-cpu-runner/CMakeLists.txt of upstream
+  set(LLVM_LINK_COMPONENTS
+    Core
+    Support
+    nativecodegen
+    native
+  )
+  set(MLIR_LINK_COMPONENTS
+    MLIRAnalysis
+    MLIRBuiltinToLLVMIRTranslation
+    MLIRExecutionEngine
+    MLIRIR
+    MLIRJitRunner
+    MLIRLLVMDialect
+    MLIRLLVMToLLVMIRTranslation
+    MLIRToLLVMIRTranslationRegistration
+    MLIRParser
+    MLIRTargetLLVMIRExport
+    MLIRSupport
+  )
+endif()
 
 if(GC_MLIR_CXX_FLAGS)
   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${GC_MLIR_CXX_FLAGS}")
@@ -26,8 +37,10 @@ endif()
 #LLVM_LINK_COMPONENTS is processed by LLVM cmake in add_llvm_executable
 set(gc_cpu_runner_libs
         ${MLIR_LINK_COMPONENTS})
-add_llvm_executable(gc-cpu-runner gc-cpu-runner.cpp)
+add_mlir_tool(gc-cpu-runner
+        gc-cpu-runner.cpp
+)
+llvm_update_compile_flags(gc-cpu-runner)
 
 target_link_libraries(gc-cpu-runner PRIVATE ${gc_cpu_runner_libs})
-llvm_update_compile_flags(gc-cpu-runner)
 mlir_check_all_link_libraries(gc-cpu-runner)
diff --git a/src/gc-opt/CMakeLists.txt b/src/gc-opt/CMakeLists.txt
index ff33375de..2a0ba0d7a 100644
--- a/src/gc-opt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/gc-opt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,23 @@
+if(GC_DEV_LINK_LLVM_DYLIB)
+  set(MLIR_LINK_COMPONENTS
+    MLIR
+  )
+  get_property(dialect_libs GLOBAL PROPERTY GC_DIALECT_LIBS)
+  get_property(conversion_libs GLOBAL PROPERTY GC_PASS_LIBS)
+else()
+  set(MLIR_LINK_COMPONENTS
+    MLIROptLib
+  )
+  get_property(dialect_libs GLOBAL PROPERTY MLIR_DIALECT_LIBS)
+  get_property(conversion_libs GLOBAL PROPERTY MLIR_CONVERSION_LIBS)
+endif()
+
 set(gc_opt_libs 
         ${dialect_libs}
         ${conversion_libs} 
-        MLIROptLib 
+        ${MLIR_LINK_COMPONENTS} 
         GCPasses)
+
 if(GC_MLIR_CXX_FLAGS)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${GC_MLIR_CXX_FLAGS}")
 endif()