diff --git a/cmake/modules/AddCompilerFlags.cmake b/cmake/modules/AddCompilerFlags.cmake
--- a/cmake/modules/AddCompilerFlags.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/AddCompilerFlags.cmake
@@ -63,11 +63,28 @@
 endmacro()
 
 # Note that CMake does not provide any facility to check that a linker flag is
-# supported by the compiler, but most linker will just drop any unsupported flag
-# (eventually with a warning).
+# supported by the compiler.
+# However since CMake 3.2 introduced the CMP0056 policy, the
+# CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS variable is used by the try_compile function, so there
+# is a workaround that allow for testing the linker flags.
+macro(check_linker_flag FLAG RESULT)
+	# Save the current linker flags
+	set(SAVE_CMAKE_EXE_LINKERFLAGS ${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS})
+	append_flag_to_variable(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS ${FLAG})
+	# CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG calls CHECK_CXX_SOURCE_COMPILES which in turn
+	# calls try_compile, so it will check our flag
+	CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG("" ${RESULT})
+	# Restore the current linker flags
+	set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS ${SAVE_CMAKE_EXE_LINKERFLAGS})
+endmacro()
+
 function(add_linker_flag)
 	foreach(f ${ARGN})
-		append_flag_to_variable(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS ${f})
+		build_test_name_from_flag(FLAG_IS_SUPPORTED ${f})
+		check_linker_flag(${f} ${FLAG_IS_SUPPORTED})
+		if(${FLAG_IS_SUPPORTED})
+			append_flag_to_variable(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS ${f})
+		endif()
 	endforeach()
 	set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS ${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()