diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c84e011088a..26dbeaa5d9a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/module)
 include(ProcessConfigurations)
 
+# Flatten static lib dependencies.
+# Without this, if libfoo.a depends on libbar.a, libfoo's objects can't begin
+# to be compiled until libbar.a has been created.
+if (NOT DEFINED CMAKE_OPTIMIZE_DEPENDENCIES)
+  set(CMAKE_OPTIMIZE_DEPENDENCIES TRUE)
+endif()
+
 #=============================
 # Configurable options
 #=============================
diff --git a/cmake/minisketch.cmake b/cmake/minisketch.cmake
index bb93c804672..7407739ed94 100644
--- a/cmake/minisketch.cmake
+++ b/cmake/minisketch.cmake
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ add_library(minisketch STATIC EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
   ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/minisketch/src/fields/generic_8bytes.cpp
 )
 
+# Workaround for https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/24058
+set_target_properties(minisketch PROPERTIES OPTIMIZE_DEPENDENCIES OFF)
+
 target_include_directories(minisketch
   PUBLIC
     $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/minisketch/include>
diff --git a/cmake/module/GenerateHeaders.cmake b/cmake/module/GenerateHeaders.cmake
index c69007acb68..53b211f245c 100644
--- a/cmake/module/GenerateHeaders.cmake
+++ b/cmake/module/GenerateHeaders.cmake
@@ -2,12 +2,19 @@
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or https://opensource.org/license/mit/.
 
+if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.27)
+  set(DEPENDS_EXPLICIT_OPT DEPENDS_EXPLICIT_ONLY)
+else()
+  set(DEPENDS_EXPLICIT_OPT)
+endif()
+
 function(generate_header_from_json json_source_relpath)
   add_custom_command(
     OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${json_source_relpath}.h
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DJSON_SOURCE_PATH=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${json_source_relpath} -DHEADER_PATH=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${json_source_relpath}.h -P ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/script/GenerateHeaderFromJson.cmake
     DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${json_source_relpath} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/script/GenerateHeaderFromJson.cmake
     VERBATIM
+    ${DEPENDS_EXPLICIT_OPT}
   )
 endfunction()
 
@@ -17,5 +24,6 @@ function(generate_header_from_raw raw_source_relpath raw_namespace)
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DRAW_SOURCE_PATH=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${raw_source_relpath} -DHEADER_PATH=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${raw_source_relpath}.h -DRAW_NAMESPACE=${raw_namespace} -P ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/script/GenerateHeaderFromRaw.cmake
     DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${raw_source_relpath} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/script/GenerateHeaderFromRaw.cmake
     VERBATIM
+    ${DEPENDS_EXPLICIT_OPT}
   )
 endfunction()
diff --git a/src/util/CMakeLists.txt b/src/util/CMakeLists.txt
index 4999dbf13f0..9ca26a9e27b 100644
--- a/src/util/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/util/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ add_library(bitcoin_util STATIC EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
   ../sync.cpp
 )
 
+# Workaround for https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/24058
+set_target_properties(bitcoin_util PROPERTIES OPTIMIZE_DEPENDENCIES OFF)
+
 target_link_libraries(bitcoin_util
   PRIVATE
     core_interface