diff --git a/CompileFlags.cmake b/CompileFlags.cmake
index 91f2adf..053259f 100644
--- a/CompileFlags.cmake
+++ b/CompileFlags.cmake
@@ -54,12 +54,20 @@
 endif()
 
 # Workaround for TOC Overflow on ppc64
+set(bigTocFlag "")
 if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "AIX" AND
    CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "powerpc")
-  set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,-bbigtoc")
+  set(bigTocFlag "-Wl,-bbigtoc")
 elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux" AND
    CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "ppc64")
-  set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,--no-multi-toc")
+  set(bigTocFlag "-Wl,--no-multi-toc")
+endif()
+if(bigTocFlag)
+  include(CheckCXXLinkerFlag)
+  check_cxx_linker_flag(${bigTocFlag} BIG_TOC_FLAG_SUPPORTED)
+  if(BIG_TOC_FLAG_SUPPORTED)
+    set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} ${bigTocFlag}")
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL SunPro AND
diff --git a/Source/Modules/CheckCXXLinkerFlag.cmake b/Source/Modules/CheckCXXLinkerFlag.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ad2ad6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/Modules/CheckCXXLinkerFlag.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License.  See accompanying
+# file Copyright.txt or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.
+
+include_guard(GLOBAL)
+include(CheckCXXSourceCompiles)
+include(CMakeCheckCompilerFlagCommonPatterns)
+
+function(check_cxx_linker_flag _flag _var)
+  set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES "${_flag}")
+
+  # Normalize locale during test compilation.
+  set(_locale_vars LC_ALL LC_MESSAGES LANG)
+  foreach(v IN LISTS _locale_vars)
+    set(_locale_vars_saved_${v} "$ENV{${v}}")
+    set(ENV{${v}} C)
+  endforeach()
+  check_compiler_flag_common_patterns(_common_patterns)
+  check_cxx_source_compiles("int main() { return 0; }" ${_var}
+    ${_common_patterns}
+    )
+  foreach(v IN LISTS _locale_vars)
+    set(ENV{${v}} ${_locale_vars_saved_${v}})
+  endforeach()
+  set(${_var} "${${_var}}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()