diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7bfb0f2..8a10971 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -99,13 +99,11 @@ message("---- MAGMA_LIBRARIES    =  ${MAGMA_LIBRARIES}" )
 message("---- MAGMA_CFLAGS_OTHER =  ${MAGMA_CFLAGS_OTHER}" )
 target_include_directories(${LIBNAME} PUBLIC ${MAGMA_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 target_link_libraries(${LIBNAME} PRIVATE ${MAGMA_LIBRARIES})
-target_compile_options(${LIBNAME} PRIVATE ${MAGMA_CFLAGS_OTHER})
+target_compile_options(${LIBNAME} PRIVATE $<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:C>:${MAGMA_CFLAGS_OTHER}>)
 target_compile_options(${LIBNAME} PUBLIC -DHAVE_CUDA -DHAVE_MAGMA -DUSE_MAGMA)
 #target_compile_options(${LIBNAME} PUBLIC -DHAVE_CUDA -DHAVE_MAGMA -DUSE_MAGMA)
 endif(USE_MAGMA)
 
-
-
 if(USE_QDWHPARTIAL)
 message("---- QDWHPARTIAL_INCLUDE_PATH =  ${QDWHPARTIAL_INCLUDE_PATH}")
 message("---- QDWHPARTIAL_LIBRARIES    =  ${QDWHPARTIAL_LIBRARIES}" )