diff --git a/cmake/generic.cmake b/cmake/generic.cmake
index 770f8f76825107a2533fb70afa3fa12bb7283fa4..8f65decda77946878daffda0afffab8e0b74b83d 100644
--- a/cmake/generic.cmake
+++ b/cmake/generic.cmake
@@ -99,25 +99,44 @@ function(merge_static_libs TARGET_NAME)
   set(libs ${ARGN})
   list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES libs)
 
-  # First get the file names of the libraries to be merged
+  # Get all propagation dependencies from the merged libraries
   foreach(lib ${libs})
-    set(libfiles ${libfiles} $<TARGET_FILE:${lib}>)
+    list(APPEND libs_deps ${${lib}_LIB_DEPENDS})
   endforeach()
 
   if(APPLE) # Use OSX's libtool to merge archives
+    # To produce a library we need at least one source file.
+    # It is created by add_custom_command below and will helps 
+    # also help to track dependencies.
     set(dummyfile ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${TARGET_NAME}_dummy.c)
+
+    # Make the generated dummy source file depended on all static input
+    # libs. If input lib changes,the source file is touched
+    # which causes the desired effect (relink).
+    add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${dummyfile}
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch ${dummyfile}
+      DEPENDS ${libs})
+
+    # Generate dummy staic lib
     file(WRITE ${dummyfile} "const char * dummy = \"${dummyfile}\";")
     add_library(${TARGET_NAME} STATIC ${dummyfile})
+    target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${libs_deps})
+
+    foreach(lib ${libs})
+      # Get the file names of the libraries to be merged
+      set(libfiles ${libfiles} $<TARGET_FILE:${lib}>)
+    endforeach()
 		add_custom_command(TARGET ${TARGET_NAME} POST_BUILD
       COMMAND rm "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/lib${TARGET_NAME}.a"
       COMMAND /usr/bin/libtool -static -o "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/lib${TARGET_NAME}.a" ${libfiles})
-	else() # general UNIX: use "ar" to extract objects and re-add to a common lib
+  else() # general UNIX: use "ar" to extract objects and re-add to a common lib
     foreach(lib ${libs})
       set(objlistfile ${lib}.objlist) # list of objects in the input library
       set(objdir ${lib}.objdir)
 
       add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${objdir}
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${objdir})
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${objdir}
+        DEPENDS ${lib})
 
       add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${objlistfile}
         COMMAND ${CMAKE_AR} -x "$<TARGET_FILE:${lib}>"
@@ -125,27 +144,27 @@ function(merge_static_libs TARGET_NAME)
         DEPENDS ${lib} ${objdir}
         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${objdir})
 
-      # Empty dummy source file that goes into merged library
-      set(mergebase ${lib}.mergebase.c)
-      add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${mergebase}
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch ${mergebase}
-        DEPENDS ${objlistfile})
+      # Empty dummy source file that goes into merged library		
+      set(mergebase ${lib}.mergebase.c)		
+      add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${mergebase}		
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch ${mergebase}		
+        DEPENDS ${objlistfile})		
 
       list(APPEND mergebases "${mergebase}")
     endforeach()
 
-    # We need a target for the output merged library
     add_library(${TARGET_NAME} STATIC ${mergebases})
+    target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${libs_deps}) 
+
+    # Get the file name of the generated library
     set(outlibfile "$<TARGET_FILE:${TARGET_NAME}>")
 
     foreach(lib ${libs})
       add_custom_command(TARGET ${TARGET_NAME} POST_BUILD
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_AR} ru ${outlibfile} @"../${lib}.objlist"
-      WORKING_DIRECTORY ${lib}.objdir)
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_AR} cr ${outlibfile} *.o  
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_RANLIB} ${outlibfile}
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${lib}.objdir)
     endforeach()
-
-    add_custom_command(TARGET ${TARGET_NAME} POST_BUILD
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_RANLIB} ${outlibfile})
   endif()
 endfunction(merge_static_libs)