4 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/cmake/cpu.cmake b/src/cmake/cpu.cmake
index 539f7c803a9..f4a57a34281 100644
--- a/src/cmake/cpu.cmake
+++ b/src/cmake/cpu.cmake
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ macro(add_vpp_march_variant v)
 endmacro()
 
 if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "amd64.*|x86_64.*|AMD64.*")
-  set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "-march=corei7 -mtune=corei7-avx ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}")
+  set(VPP_DEFAULT_MARCH_FLAGS -march=corei7 -mtune=corei7-avx)
 
   add_vpp_march_variant(hsw
     FLAGS -march=haswell -mtune=haswell
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "amd64.*|x86_64.*|AMD64.*")
     )
   endif()
 elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "^(aarch64.*|AARCH64.*)")
-  set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "-march=armv8-a+crc ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}")
+  set(VPP_DEFAULT_MARCH_FLAGS -march=armv8-a+crc)
 
   add_vpp_march_variant(qdf24xx
     FLAGS -march=armv8-a+crc+crypto -mtune=qdf24xx
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ macro(vpp_library_set_multiarch_sources lib)
       add_dependencies(${l} ${ARG_DEPENDS})
     endif()
     set_target_properties(${l} PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
-    target_compile_options(${l} PUBLIC "-DCLIB_MARCH_VARIANT=${VARIANT}")
+    target_compile_definitions(${l} PUBLIC CLIB_MARCH_VARIANT=${VARIANT})
     separate_arguments(VARIANT_FLAGS)
     target_compile_options(${l} PUBLIC ${VARIANT_FLAGS})
     target_sources(${lib} PRIVATE $<TARGET_OBJECTS:${l}>)
diff --git a/src/cmake/exec.cmake b/src/cmake/exec.cmake
index 7bfd5751c83..3ccbeee751c 100644
--- a/src/cmake/exec.cmake
+++ b/src/cmake/exec.cmake
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ macro(add_vpp_executable exec)
   )
 
   add_executable(${exec} ${ARG_SOURCES})
+  target_compile_options(${exec} PUBLIC ${VPP_DEFAULT_MARCH_FLAGS})
   if(ARG_LINK_LIBRARIES)
     target_link_libraries(${exec} ${ARG_LINK_LIBRARIES})
   endif()
diff --git a/src/cmake/library.cmake b/src/cmake/library.cmake
index 5a7d2cdfef7..560b2c97d5c 100644
--- a/src/cmake/library.cmake
+++ b/src/cmake/library.cmake
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ macro(add_vpp_library lib)
   set (lo ${lib}_objs)
   add_library(${lo} OBJECT ${ARG_SOURCES})
   set_target_properties(${lo} PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+  target_compile_options(${lo} PUBLIC ${VPP_DEFAULT_MARCH_FLAGS})
 
   add_library(${lib} SHARED)
   target_sources(${lib} PRIVATE $<TARGET_OBJECTS:${lo}>)
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ macro(add_vpp_test_library lib)
     get_filename_component(name ${file} NAME_WE)
     set(test_lib ${lib}_${name}_plugin)
     add_library(${test_lib} SHARED ${file}_test2.c)
+    target_compile_options(${test_lib} PUBLIC ${VPP_DEFAULT_MARCH_FLAGS})
     if(NOT VPP_EXTERNAL_PROJECT)
       add_dependencies(${test_lib} api_headers)
     endif()
diff --git a/src/cmake/plugin.cmake b/src/cmake/plugin.cmake
index 8038dfa1981..b399470db02 100644
--- a/src/cmake/plugin.cmake
+++ b/src/cmake/plugin.cmake
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ macro(add_vpp_plugin name)
     )
   endforeach()
   add_library(${plugin_name} SHARED ${api_includes} ${PLUGIN_SOURCES})
+  target_compile_options(${plugin_name} PUBLIC ${VPP_DEFAULT_MARCH_FLAGS})
   set_target_properties(${plugin_name} PROPERTIES NO_SONAME 1)
   target_compile_options(${plugin_name} PRIVATE "-fvisibility=hidden")
   target_compile_options (${plugin_name} PRIVATE "-ffunction-sections")
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ macro(add_vpp_plugin name)
     set(test_plugin_name ${name}_test_plugin)
     add_library(${test_plugin_name} SHARED ${PLUGIN_API_TEST_SOURCES}
 		${api_includes})
+    target_compile_options(${test_plugin_name} PUBLIC ${VPP_DEFAULT_MARCH_FLAGS})
     set_target_properties(${test_plugin_name} PROPERTIES NO_SONAME 1)
     if(NOT VPP_EXTERNAL_PROJECT)
       add_dependencies(${test_plugin_name} api_headers)