diff --git a/bin/hipcc.pl b/bin/hipcc.pl
index 7b84067202..8431d1621e 100755
--- a/bin/hipcc.pl
+++ b/bin/hipcc.pl
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ if ($HIP_PLATFORM eq "amd") {
       if ($linkType eq 0) {
         $toolArgs = " -L$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};
+        $toolArgs = ${toolArgs} . " -Wl,--enable-new-dtags -Wl,-rpath=$HIP_LIB_PATH:$ROCM_PATH/lib -lamdhip64 ";
       }
       # To support __fp16 and _Float16, explicitly link with compiler-rt
       $HIP_CLANG_BUILTIN_LIB="$HIP_CLANG_PATH/../lib/clang/$HIP_CLANG_VERSION/lib/$HIP_CLANG_TARGET/libclang_rt.builtins.a";