diff --git a/samples/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/CMakeLists.txt
index 12736bd7..e6d6e906 100644
--- a/samples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ set( SAMPLES
 foreach(entry ${SAMPLES})
     string( REPLACE ".cpp" "" target ${entry})
     add_executable( ${target} ${target}.cpp )
+    set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES
+      COMPILE_FLAGS ${EXTRA_COMPILE_FLAGS})
     list(APPEND APPLICATIONS ${target})
     add_test( ${target}_test ${target} )
     target_link_libraries( ${target} PRIVATE exiv2lib)
diff --git a/unitTests/CMakeLists.txt b/unitTests/CMakeLists.txt
index a1da54ab..631720c5 100644
--- a/unitTests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/unitTests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,3 +24,7 @@ target_compile_definitions(unit_tests
     PRIVATE
         GTEST_LINKED_AS_SHARED_LIBRARY=1
 )
+
+set_target_properties( unit_tests PROPERTIES
+    COMPILE_FLAGS ${EXTRA_COMPILE_FLAGS}
+)