diff --git a/eng/common/cross/toolchain.cmake b/eng/common/cross/toolchain.cmake
index fc11001aa76..ec8971eb019 100644
--- a/eng/common/cross/toolchain.cmake
+++ b/eng/common/cross/toolchain.cmake
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ function(add_toolchain_linker_flag Flag)
   if (NOT Config STREQUAL "")
     set(CONFIG_SUFFIX "_${Config}")
   endif()
-  set("CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS${CONFIG_SUFFIX}" "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS${CONFIG_SUFFIX}} ${Flag}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-  set("CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS${CONFIG_SUFFIX}" "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS${CONFIG_SUFFIX}} ${Flag}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+  set("CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS${CONFIG_SUFFIX}_INIT" "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS${CONFIG_SUFFIX}_INIT} ${Flag}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+  set("CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS${CONFIG_SUFFIX}_INIT" "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS${CONFIG_SUFFIX}_INIT} ${Flag}" PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()
 
 if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")