diff --git a/cmake/FairLoggerLib.cmake b/cmake/FairLoggerLib.cmake
index 03e0811..f0285d3 100644
--- a/cmake/FairLoggerLib.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FairLoggerLib.cmake
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ macro(set_fairlogger_defaults)
   list(FIND CMAKE_PLATFORM_IMPLICIT_LINK_DIRECTORIES "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${PROJECT_INSTALL_LIBDIR}" isSystemDir)
   if("${isSystemDir}" STREQUAL "-1")
     if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
-      list(APPEND CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-Wl,--enable-new-dtags")
-      list(APPEND CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "-Wl,--enable-new-dtags")
+      string(APPEND CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS " -Wl,--enable-new-dtags")
+      string(APPEND CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS " -Wl,--enable-new-dtags")
       list(APPEND CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "$ORIGIN/../${PROJECT_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
     elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Darwin")
       list(APPEND CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "@loader_path/../${PROJECT_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")