diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 0fcdd04cd..cd40ad747 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ IF(NOT MSVC)
 			# ENABLE_EXPORTS property has no effect in some MSYS2 configurations.
 			# Add the linker flag manually to create liblmms.dll.a import library
 			SET_PROPERTY(TARGET lmms
-				APPEND_STRING PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS -Wl,--out-implib,liblmms.dll.a
+				APPEND_STRING PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS " -Wl,--out-implib,liblmms.dll.a"
 			)
 		ENDIF()