diff --git a/cmake/options.cmake b/cmake/options.cmake
index d6cf5686..9e51db4d 100644
--- a/cmake/options.cmake
+++ b/cmake/options.cmake
@@ -72,5 +72,5 @@ option (WITH_DEFAULT_LOGGER "Build with default logger" ON)
 
 option (WITH_DOC "Build with documentation" ON)
 
-set (PROJECT_EC_FLAGS "-Wall -Werror -Wextra" CACHE STRING "")
+set (GLOBAL PROPERTY "PROJECT_EC_FLAGS" "-Wall -Werror -Wextra" CACHE STRING "")
 # vim: expandtab:ts=2:sw=2:smartindent
diff --git a/examples/system/freertos/zynqmp_r5/zynqmp_amp_demo/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/system/freertos/zynqmp_r5/zynqmp_amp_demo/CMakeLists.txt
index 3b4cf7b5..c0576733 100644
--- a/examples/system/freertos/zynqmp_r5/zynqmp_amp_demo/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/system/freertos/zynqmp_r5/zynqmp_amp_demo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,10 +21,8 @@ list(APPEND _src0 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/shmem_throughput_demod.c)
 
 get_property (_linker_options GLOBAL PROPERTY TEST_LINKER_OPTIONS)
 add_executable (${_app0}.elf ${_src0})
-if (PROJECT_EC_FLAGS)
-  string(REPLACE " " ";" _ec_flgs ${PROJECT_EC_FLAGS})
-  target_compile_options (${_app0}.elf PUBLIC ${_ec_flgs})
-endif (PROJECT_EC_FLAGS)
+get_property (_ec_flgs GLOBAL PROPERTY "PROJECT_EC_FLAGS")
+target_compile_options (${_app0}.elf PUBLIC ${_ec_flgs})
 target_link_libraries(${_app0}.elf -Wl,-Map=${_app0}.map -Wl,--gc-sections -T\"${_linker_script}\" -Wl,--start-group ${_deps} -Wl,--end-group)
 install (TARGETS ${_app0}.elf RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
 
diff --git a/examples/system/generic/zynqmp_r5/zynqmp_amp_demo/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/system/generic/zynqmp_r5/zynqmp_amp_demo/CMakeLists.txt
index 3b4cf7b5..c0576733 100644
--- a/examples/system/generic/zynqmp_r5/zynqmp_amp_demo/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/system/generic/zynqmp_r5/zynqmp_amp_demo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,10 +21,8 @@ list(APPEND _src0 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/shmem_throughput_demod.c)
 
 get_property (_linker_options GLOBAL PROPERTY TEST_LINKER_OPTIONS)
 add_executable (${_app0}.elf ${_src0})
-if (PROJECT_EC_FLAGS)
-  string(REPLACE " " ";" _ec_flgs ${PROJECT_EC_FLAGS})
-  target_compile_options (${_app0}.elf PUBLIC ${_ec_flgs})
-endif (PROJECT_EC_FLAGS)
+get_property (_ec_flgs GLOBAL PROPERTY "PROJECT_EC_FLAGS")
+target_compile_options (${_app0}.elf PUBLIC ${_ec_flgs})
 target_link_libraries(${_app0}.elf -Wl,-Map=${_app0}.map -Wl,--gc-sections -T\"${_linker_script}\" -Wl,--start-group ${_deps} -Wl,--end-group)
 install (TARGETS ${_app0}.elf RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
 
diff --git a/examples/system/linux/zynqmp/zynqmp_amp_demo/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/system/linux/zynqmp/zynqmp_amp_demo/CMakeLists.txt
index 30625055..1bdb59b8 100644
--- a/examples/system/linux/zynqmp/zynqmp_amp_demo/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/system/linux/zynqmp/zynqmp_amp_demo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ link_directories (${_list})
 collector_list (_deps PROJECT_LIB_DEPS)
 
 set (_src_common ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/sys_init.c)
+get_property (_ec_flgs GLOBAL PROPERTY "PROJECT_EC_FLAGS")
 foreach (_app libmetal_amp_demo libmetal_amp_demod)
   set (_src ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${_app}.c)
   list(APPEND _src ${_src_common})
@@ -18,10 +19,7 @@ foreach (_app libmetal_amp_demo libmetal_amp_demod)
   list(APPEND _src ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/shmem_throughput_demo.c)
   if (WITH_SHARED_LIB)
     add_executable (${_app}-share ${_src})
-    if (PROJECT_EC_FLAGS)
-      string(REPLACE " " ";" _ec_flgs ${PROJECT_EC_FLAGS})
-      target_compile_options (${_app}-share PUBLIC ${_ec_flgs})
-    endif (PROJECT_EC_FLAGS)
+    target_compile_options (${_app}-share PUBLIC ${_ec_flgs})
     target_link_libraries (${_app}-share ${PROJECT_NAME}-shared ${_deps})
     install (TARGETS ${_app}-share RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
     add_dependencies (${_app}-share ${PROJECT_NAME}-shared)
@@ -30,10 +28,7 @@ foreach (_app libmetal_amp_demo libmetal_amp_demod)
   if (WITH_STATIC_LIB)
     if (${PROJECT_SYSTEM} STREQUAL "linux")
         add_executable (${_app}-static ${_src})
-        if (PROJECT_EC_FLAGS)
-          string(REPLACE " " ";" _ec_flgs ${PROJECT_EC_FLAGS})
-          target_compile_options (${_app}-static PUBLIC ${_ec_flgs})
-        endif (PROJECT_EC_FLAGS)
+        target_compile_options (${_app}-static PUBLIC ${_ec_flgs})
         target_link_libraries (${_app}-static ${PROJECT_NAME}-static ${_deps})
         install (TARGETS ${_app}-static RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
     endif (${PROJECT_SYSTEM} STREQUAL "linux")
diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 121e0c64..e9d52767 100644
--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ if (WITH_DEFAULT_LOGGER)
   add_definitions (-DDEFAULT_LOGGER_ON)
 endif (WITH_DEFAULT_LOGGER)
 
+get_property (_ec_flgs GLOBAL PROPERTY "PROJECT_EC_FLAGS")
+
 if (WITH_ZEPHYR)
   zephyr_library_named(metal)
   add_dependencies(metal offsets_h)
@@ -77,10 +79,7 @@ else (WITH_ZEPHYR)
     add_library (${_lib} SHARED ${_sources})
     target_link_libraries (${_lib} ${_deps})
     install (TARGETS ${_lib} LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
-    if (PROJECT_EC_FLAGS)
-      string(REPLACE " " ";" _ec_flgs ${PROJECT_EC_FLAGS})
-      target_compile_options (${_lib} PUBLIC ${_ec_flgs})
-    endif (PROJECT_EC_FLAGS)
+    target_compile_options (${_lib} PUBLIC ${_ec_flgs})
     set_target_properties (${_lib} PROPERTIES
       OUTPUT_NAME       "${PROJECT_NAME}"
       VERSION           "${PROJECT_VERSION}"
@@ -93,10 +92,7 @@ else (WITH_ZEPHYR)
     set (_lib ${PROJECT_NAME}-static)
     add_library (${_lib} STATIC ${_sources})
     install (TARGETS ${_lib} ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
-    if (PROJECT_EC_FLAGS)
-      string(REPLACE " " ";" _ec_flgs ${PROJECT_EC_FLAGS})
-      target_compile_options (${_lib} PUBLIC ${_ec_flgs})
-    endif (PROJECT_EC_FLAGS)
+    target_compile_options (${_lib} PUBLIC ${_ec_flgs})
     set_target_properties (${_lib} PROPERTIES
       OUTPUT_NAME       "${PROJECT_NAME}"
     )
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index c0f40ccc..47846ae3 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ collector_list (_deps PROJECT_LIB_DEPS)
 
 collector_list (_srcs PROJECT_LIB_TESTS)
 
+get_property (_ec_flgs GLOBAL PROPERTY "PROJECT_EC_FLAGS")
+
 if (WITH_ZEPHYR)
   set (_tfiles "")
   foreach (f ${_srcs})
@@ -38,10 +40,7 @@ else (WITH_ZEPHYR)
     add_executable (test-${_lib} ${_srcs})
     target_link_libraries (test-${_lib} ${_deps} ${_lib})
     install (TARGETS test-${_lib} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
-    if (PROJECT_EC_FLAGS)
-      string(REPLACE " " ";" _ec_flgs ${PROJECT_EC_FLAGS})
-      target_compile_options (test-${_lib} PUBLIC ${_ec_flgs})
-    endif (PROJECT_EC_FLAGS)
+    target_compile_options (test-${_lib} PUBLIC ${_ec_flgs})
     add_dependencies (test-${_lib}  ${PROJECT_NAME}-shared)
     if (WITH_TESTS_EXEC)
       add_test (test-${_lib} test-${_lib})
@@ -54,10 +53,7 @@ else (WITH_ZEPHYR)
     add_executable (test-${_lib} ${_srcs})
     target_link_libraries (test-${_lib} -Wl,-Map=test-${_lib}.map ${_linker_options} -Wl,--start-group ${_lib} ${_deps} -Wl,--end-group)
     install (TARGETS test-${_lib} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
-    if (PROJECT_EC_FLAGS)
-      string(REPLACE " " ";" _ec_flgs ${PROJECT_EC_FLAGS})
-      target_compile_options (test-${_lib} PUBLIC ${_ec_flgs})
-    endif (PROJECT_EC_FLAGS)
+    target_compile_options (test-${_lib} PUBLIC ${_ec_flgs})
     add_dependencies (test-${_lib}  ${PROJECT_NAME}-static)
     if (WITH_TESTS_EXEC)
       add_test (test-${_lib} test-${_lib})