diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
index a0f64238dc..3fabd5388e 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
@@ -1248,6 +1248,14 @@ void cmLocalGenerator::GetTargetFlags(
         linkFlags += this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition(exportFlagVar);
         linkFlags += " ";
       }
+
+      std::string cmp0065Flags =
+        this->GetLinkLibsCMP0065(linkLanguage, *target);
+      if (!cmp0065Flags.empty()) {
+        linkFlags += cmp0065Flags;
+        linkFlags += " ";
+      }
+
       const char* targetLinkFlags = target->GetProperty("LINK_FLAGS");
       if (targetLinkFlags) {
         linkFlags += targetLinkFlags;
@@ -1430,7 +1438,7 @@ void cmLocalGenerator::OutputLinkLibraries(std::string& linkLibraries,
 
   std::string linkLanguage = cli.GetLinkLanguage();
 
-  std::string linkLibs = this->GetLinkLibsCMP0065(linkLanguage, tgt);
+  std::string linkLibs;
 
   std::string libPathFlag =
     this->Makefile->GetRequiredDefinition("CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH_FLAG");
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator.cxx
index cb20117df3..42e12adf74 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -192,6 +192,11 @@ void cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator::WriteExecutableRule(bool relink)
     this->LocalGenerator->AppendFlags(
       linkFlags, this->Makefile->GetDefinition(export_flag_var));
   }
+
+  this->LocalGenerator->AppendFlags(linkFlags,
+                                    this->LocalGenerator->GetLinkLibsCMP0065(
+                                      linkLanguage, *this->GeneratorTarget));
+
   if (this->GeneratorTarget->GetProperty("LINK_WHAT_YOU_USE")) {
     this->LocalGenerator->AppendFlags(linkFlags, " -Wl,--no-as-needed");
   }