diff --git a/bin/hipcc b/bin/hipcc
index 20fc84d3e4..2f290fbe68 100755
--- a/bin/hipcc
+++ b/bin/hipcc
@@ -702,9 +702,9 @@ if ($HIP_PLATFORM eq "amd") {
 
     if (not $isWindows  and not $compileOnly) {
       if ($linkType eq 0) {
-        $toolArgs .= " -L$HIP_LIB_PATH -lamdhip64 -L$ROCM_PATH/lib -lhsa-runtime64 -ldl -lnuma ";
+        $toolArgs = " -L$HIP_LIB_PATH -lamdhip64 -L$ROCM_PATH/lib -lhsa-runtime64 -ldl -lnuma " . ${toolArgs};
       } else {
-        $toolArgs .= " -Wl,--enable-new-dtags -Wl,--rpath=$HIP_LIB_PATH:$ROCM_PATH/lib -lamdhip64 ";
+        $toolArgs = " -Wl,--enable-new-dtags -Wl,--rpath=$HIP_LIB_PATH:$ROCM_PATH/lib -lamdhip64 " . ${toolArgs};
       }
       # To support __fp16 and _Float16, explicitly link with compiler-rt
       $toolArgs .= " -L$HIP_CLANG_PATH/../lib/clang/$HIP_CLANG_VERSION/lib/linux -lclang_rt.builtins-x86_64 "