diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7d9ac15c74..2c4d6f4d4a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -707,6 +707,7 @@ OBJECTS =
 OTHER_PROGRAMS =
 PROGRAM_OBJS =
 PROGRAMS =
+REFTABLE_OBJS =
 RUST_SOURCES =
 EXCLUDED_PROGRAMS =
 SCRIPT_PERL =
@@ -1284,20 +1285,6 @@ LIB_OBJS += refs/iterator.o
 LIB_OBJS += refs/packed-backend.o
 LIB_OBJS += refs/ref-cache.o
 LIB_OBJS += refspec.o
-LIB_OBJS += reftable/basics.o
-LIB_OBJS += reftable/block.o
-LIB_OBJS += reftable/blocksource.o
-LIB_OBJS += reftable/error.o
-LIB_OBJS += reftable/fsck.o
-LIB_OBJS += reftable/iter.o
-LIB_OBJS += reftable/merged.o
-LIB_OBJS += reftable/pq.o
-LIB_OBJS += reftable/record.o
-LIB_OBJS += reftable/stack.o
-LIB_OBJS += reftable/system.o
-LIB_OBJS += reftable/table.o
-LIB_OBJS += reftable/tree.o
-LIB_OBJS += reftable/writer.o
 LIB_OBJS += remote.o
 LIB_OBJS += repack.o
 LIB_OBJS += repack-cruft.o
@@ -1386,6 +1373,23 @@ LIB_OBJS += xdiff/xpatience.o
 LIB_OBJS += xdiff/xprepare.o
 LIB_OBJS += xdiff/xutils.o
 
+REFTABLE_OBJS += reftable/basics.o
+REFTABLE_OBJS += reftable/block.o
+REFTABLE_OBJS += reftable/blocksource.o
+REFTABLE_OBJS += reftable/error.o
+REFTABLE_OBJS += reftable/fsck.o
+REFTABLE_OBJS += reftable/iter.o
+REFTABLE_OBJS += reftable/merged.o
+REFTABLE_OBJS += reftable/pq.o
+REFTABLE_OBJS += reftable/record.o
+REFTABLE_OBJS += reftable/stack.o
+REFTABLE_OBJS += reftable/system.o
+REFTABLE_OBJS += reftable/table.o
+REFTABLE_OBJS += reftable/tree.o
+REFTABLE_OBJS += reftable/writer.o
+
+LIB_OBJS += $(REFTABLE_OBJS)
+
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/add.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/am.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/annotate.o
diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
index 42244b3c0a..e58403c801 100644
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -675,6 +675,10 @@ include_directories(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 #libgit
 parse_makefile_for_sources(libgit_SOURCES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/Makefile "LIB_OBJS")
 
+#reftable
+parse_makefile_for_sources(reftable_SOURCES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/Makefile "REFTABLE_OBJS")
+list(APPEND libgit_SOURCES ${reftable_SOURCES})
+
 list(TRANSFORM libgit_SOURCES PREPEND "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/")
 list(TRANSFORM compat_SOURCES PREPEND "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/")