diff --git a/build/cmake/CMakeModules/AddZstdCompilationFlags.cmake b/build/cmake/CMakeModules/AddZstdCompilationFlags.cmake
index 5f179989b68..8a55094415e 100644
--- a/build/cmake/CMakeModules/AddZstdCompilationFlags.cmake
+++ b/build/cmake/CMakeModules/AddZstdCompilationFlags.cmake
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ function(EnableCompilerFlag _flag _C _CXX _LD)
     string(REGEX REPLACE "^_+" "" varname "${varname}")
     string(TOUPPER "${varname}" varname)
     if (_C)
-        CHECK_C_COMPILER_FLAG(${_flag} C_FLAG_${varname})
+        CHECK_C_COMPILER_FLAG("${_flag}" C_FLAG_${varname})
         if (C_FLAG_${varname})
             set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${_flag}" PARENT_SCOPE)
         endif ()
     endif ()
     if (_CXX)
-        CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG(${_flag} CXX_FLAG_${varname})
+        CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG("${_flag}" CXX_FLAG_${varname})
         if (CXX_FLAG_${varname})
             set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${_flag}" PARENT_SCOPE)
         endif ()
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ function(EnableCompilerFlag _flag _C _CXX _LD)
         # results for this configuration,
         # see: https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/22023
         if (ZSTD_HAVE_CHECK_LINKER_FLAG AND NOT MSVC)
-            CHECK_LINKER_FLAG(C ${_flag} LD_FLAG_${varname})
+            CHECK_LINKER_FLAG(C "${_flag}" LD_FLAG_${varname})
         else ()
             set(LD_FLAG_${varname} false)
         endif ()
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ macro(ADD_ZSTD_COMPILATION_FLAGS)
         endif ()
         # Add noexecstack flags
         # LDFLAGS
-        EnableCompilerFlag("-z noexecstack" false false true)
+        EnableCompilerFlag("-z;noexecstack" false false true)
         # CFLAGS & CXXFLAGS
         EnableCompilerFlag("-Qunused-arguments" true true false)
         EnableCompilerFlag("-Wa,--noexecstack" true true false)