diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index aab7b649f..3291a7090 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1250,8 +1250,8 @@ add_definitions(
 )
 
 set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${TQT_CXX_FLAGS}" )
-set( CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "-Wl,--no-undefined" )
-set( CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS "-Wl,--no-undefined" )
+set( CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,--no-undefined" )
+set( CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,--no-undefined" )
 
 
 ##### headers ###################################
diff --git a/libtdescreensaver/CMakeLists.txt b/libtdescreensaver/CMakeLists.txt
index 9846efdcf..b39777ec2 100644
--- a/libtdescreensaver/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libtdescreensaver/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ include_directories(
   ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tdecore
 )
 
-list( REMOVE_ITEM CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "-Wl,--no-undefined" )
+string( REPLACE "-Wl,--no-undefined" "" CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS}" )
 
 link_directories(
   ${TDECORE_LIBRARY_DIRS}