diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5c8e55f1..b1a06360 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -457,12 +457,18 @@ if (MI_BUILD_OBJECT)
       $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${mi_install_incdir}>
   )
 
+  # Copy the generated object file (`static.o`) to the output directory (as `mimalloc.o`)
+  set(mimalloc-obj-static "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/CMakeFiles/mimalloc-obj.dir/src/static.c${CMAKE_C_OUTPUT_EXTENSION}")
+  set(mimalloc-obj-out    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${mi_basename}${CMAKE_C_OUTPUT_EXTENSION}")
+  add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${mimalloc-obj-out} DEPENDS mimalloc-obj COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E copy "${mimalloc-obj-static}" "${mimalloc-obj-out}")
+  add_custom_target(mimalloc-obj-target ALL DEPENDS ${mimalloc-obj-out})      
+
   # the following seems to lead to cmake warnings/errors on some systems, disable for now :-(
   # install(TARGETS mimalloc-obj EXPORT mimalloc DESTINATION ${mi_install_objdir})
 
   # the FILES expression can also be: $<TARGET_OBJECTS:mimalloc-obj>
   # but that fails cmake versions less than 3.10 so we leave it as is for now
-  install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/CMakeFiles/mimalloc-obj.dir/src/static.c${CMAKE_C_OUTPUT_EXTENSION}
+  install(FILES ${mimalloc-obj-static}
           DESTINATION ${mi_install_objdir}
           RENAME ${mi_basename}${CMAKE_C_OUTPUT_EXTENSION} )
 endif()