diff --git a/cmake/build_helpers.cmake b/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
index bc6b2b601..7adc13ab3 100644
--- a/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ endif()
 
 function(getTarget target type)
     get_target_property(IMPORTED_TARGET ${target} IMPORTED)
-    if (${IMPORTED_TARGET})
+    if (IMPORTED_TARGET)
         set(${type} INTERFACE PARENT_SCOPE)
     else()
         set(${type} PRIVATE PARENT_SCOPE)
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ function(addObjCFlag)
     endif()
 endfunction()
 
+function(addLinkerFlag)
+    if (ARGC EQUAL 1)
+        add_link_options(${ARGV0})
+    elseif (ARGC EQUAL 2)
+        getTarget(${ARGV1} TYPE)
+        target_link_options(${ARGV1} ${TYPE} ${ARGV0})
+    endif()
+endfunction()
+
 function(addCCXXFlag)
     addCFlag(${ARGV0} ${ARGV1})
     addCXXFlag(${ARGV0} ${ARGV1})
@@ -641,7 +650,7 @@ macro(setupCompilerFlags target)
 
     if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU")
         if (WIN32)
-            target_link_options(${target} PUBLIC "-Wa,mbig-obj")
+            addLinkerFlag("-Wa,mbig-obj" ${target})
         endif ()
     endif()