diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 90abca4..b39f21d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,16 +24,11 @@ find_program(PYTHON python3 python REQUIRED)
 
 # Set some variables based on the `version.py` script
 set(version_script ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/version.py)
-execute_process(
-  COMMAND ${PYTHON} ${version_script} llvm-major --llvm-dir=${llvm_proj_dir}
-  OUTPUT_VARIABLE clang_version
-  OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
 execute_process(
   COMMAND ${PYTHON} ${version_script}
   OUTPUT_VARIABLE wasi_sdk_version
   OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
 
-message(STATUS "wasi-sdk toolchain LLVM version is ${clang_version}")
 message(STATUS "wasi-sdk version is ${wasi_sdk_version}")
 
 # Only include one version of the build logic as pulling in both isn't
diff --git a/cmake/wasi-sdk-sysroot.cmake b/cmake/wasi-sdk-sysroot.cmake
index eea357a..7e7345b 100644
--- a/cmake/wasi-sdk-sysroot.cmake
+++ b/cmake/wasi-sdk-sysroot.cmake
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ find_program(MAKE make REQUIRED)
 
 option(WASI_SDK_DEBUG_PREFIX_MAP "Pass `-fdebug-prefix-map` for built artifacts" ON)
 option(WASI_SDK_INCLUDE_TESTS "Whether or not to build tests by default" OFF)
+option(WASI_SDK_INSTALL_TO_CLANG_RESOURCE_DIR "Whether or not to modify the compiler's resource directory" OFF)
 
 set(wasi_tmp_install ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/install)
 set(wasi_sysroot ${wasi_tmp_install}/share/wasi-sysroot)
-set(wasi_resource_dir ${wasi_tmp_install}/lib/clang/${clang_version})
+set(wasi_resource_dir ${wasi_tmp_install}/wasi-resource-dir)
 
 if(WASI_SDK_DEBUG_PREFIX_MAP)
   add_compile_options(
@@ -246,9 +247,18 @@ endforeach()
 # misc build logic
 # =============================================================================
 
-install(DIRECTORY ${wasi_tmp_install}/lib ${wasi_tmp_install}/share
+install(DIRECTORY ${wasi_tmp_install}/share
         USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS
         DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
+if(WASI_SDK_INSTALL_TO_CLANG_RESOURCE_DIR)
+  install(DIRECTORY ${wasi_resource_dir}/lib
+          USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS
+          DESTINATION ${clang_resource_dir})
+else()
+  install(DIRECTORY ${wasi_resource_dir}/lib
+          USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS
+          DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/clang-resource-dir)
+endif()
 
 # Add a top-level `build` target as well as `build-$target` targets.
 add_custom_target(build ALL)
@@ -282,7 +292,7 @@ set(dist_dir ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/dist)
 # Tarball with just `compiler-rt` builtins within it
 wasi_sdk_add_tarball(dist-compiler-rt
   ${dist_dir}/libclang_rt.builtins-wasm32-wasi-${wasi_sdk_version}.tar.gz
-  ${wasi_tmp_install}/lib/clang/${clang_version}/lib/wasi)
+  ${wasi_resource_dir}/lib/wasi)
 add_dependencies(dist-compiler-rt compiler-rt)
 
 # Tarball with the whole sysroot