diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7a9fc15e3..a637532e9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -217,17 +217,17 @@ elseif(UNIX)
 		message(STATUS "No ISA flag set")
 	endif()
 	set(COMPILE_FLAGS "-fstack-protector-strong -fpie -Wformat -Wformat-security")
+	set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${COMPILER_OPTIMIZATION_FLAGS} ${COMPILE_FLAGS}")
+	set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${COMPILER_OPTIMIZATION_FLAGS} ${COMPILE_FLAGS}")
+	set(LINKER_FLAGS "-Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now")
+	set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} ${LINKER_FLAGS}")
+	set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} ${LINKER_FLAGS}")
 	# Exclude -pie linker flag for AOCC/Clang compilers to avoid unused argument warning
 	if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
-		set(LINKER_FLAGS "-Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now")
 		message(STATUS "Excluding -pie linker flag for Clang compiler to avoid unused argument warning")
 	else()
-		set(LINKER_FLAGS "-pie -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now")
+		string(APPEND CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS " -pie")
 	endif()
-	set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${COMPILER_OPTIMIZATION_FLAGS} ${COMPILE_FLAGS}")
-	set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${COMPILER_OPTIMIZATION_FLAGS} ${COMPILE_FLAGS}")
-	set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} ${LINKER_FLAGS}")
-	set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} ${LINKER_FLAGS}")
 else()
 	message(STATUS "OS UNKNOWN CANNOT SET SIMD")
 endif()