diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ad12dbc..a0e10a8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -106,10 +106,8 @@ hint_flag(CXX_EXTRA_LIBRARIES "
 hint_flag(CXX_EXTRA_LINKER_FLAGS "
         Append to linker flags (i.e GCC's `-Wl` or equivalent)")
 
-# copy CXX_EXTRA_FLAGS <- CXX_EXTRA_LINK_FLAGS
-if ((DEFINED CXX_EXTRA_FLAGS) AND (NOT DEFINED CXX_EXTRA_LINK_FLAGS))
-    set(CXX_EXTRA_LINK_FLAGS ${CXX_EXTRA_FLAGS})
-endif ()
+# Honor user's CXX_EXTRA_LINK_FLAGS
+set(CXX_EXTRA_LINK_FLAGS ${CXX_EXTRA_FLAGS} ${CXX_EXTRA_LINK_FLAGS})
 
 # include our macros
 include(cmake/register_models.cmake)