diff --git a/cmake/FairMQProjectSettings.cmake b/cmake/FairMQProjectSettings.cmake
index 62147e11..ea73c9f5 100644
--- a/cmake/FairMQProjectSettings.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FairMQProjectSettings.cmake
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ endif()
 list(FIND CMAKE_PLATFORM_IMPLICIT_LINK_DIRECTORIES "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${PROJECT_INSTALL_LIBDIR}" isSystemDir)
 if("${isSystemDir}" STREQUAL "-1")
   if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
-    list(APPEND CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-Wl,--enable-new-dtags")
-    list(APPEND CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "-Wl,--enable-new-dtags")
+    string(APPEND CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS " -Wl,--enable-new-dtags")
+    string(APPEND CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS " -Wl,--enable-new-dtags")
     list(PREPEND CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "$ORIGIN/../${PROJECT_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
   elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Darwin")
     list(PREPEND CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "@loader_path/../${PROJECT_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")