diff --git a/compile_flag.cmake b/compile_flag.cmake
index f8b06c1..a2dd21b 100644
--- a/compile_flag.cmake
+++ b/compile_flag.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
-include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
+include(CheckCXXSourceCompiles)
 
+# Test if a compiler flag is supported.
+#
+# Note: We _cannot_ use check_cxx_compiler_flag because it will not add the
+# flag to the linker parameters and some compiler flags _must_ be passed to
+# the linker but the test it performs fails to do so. eg, checking for
+# -fsanitize=address is impossible with this macro.
+#
+# Instead, we roll out own. Yay cmake...
 macro (append_compile_flag _flag)
     string (MAKE_C_IDENTIFIER ${_flag} _name)
 
@@ -14,14 +22,16 @@ macro (append_compile_flag _flag)
         string (REGEX MATCH "^-Wno-(.+)$" compile_flag_inverse ${_flag})
 
         if ("x" STREQUAL "x${compile_flag_inverse}")
-            check_cxx_compiler_flag (${_flag} compile_flag${_name})
+            set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${_flag}")
         else ()
             string (REGEX REPLACE "-Wno-" "" _inverse_flag ${_flag})
-            check_cxx_compiler_flag ("-W${_inverse_flag}" compile_flag${_name})
+            set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -W${_inverse_flag}")
         endif ()
+
+        check_cxx_source_compiles("int main(int,char**) { return 0; }" compile_flag_${_name})
     endif ()
 
-    if (compile_flag${_name})
+    if (compile_flag_${_name})
         set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${_flag}")
     endif()
 endmacro(append_compile_flag)