diff --git a/projects/rccl/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rccl/CMakeLists.txt
index 462888207e..a2d7607526 100644
--- a/projects/rccl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/rccl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ else()
   message(STATUS "Building shared RCCL library")
 endif()
 if (HAVE_KERNARG_PRELOAD)
-  target_link_options(rccl PRIVATE -Xoffload-linker -mllvm=-amdgpu-kernarg-preload-count=16)
+  target_link_options(rccl PRIVATE "SHELL:-Xoffload-linker -mllvm=-amdgpu-kernarg-preload-count=16")
 endif()
 
 if(ENABLE_MSCCLPP)