diff --git a/package/kf5/kf5-kcoreaddons/kf5-kcoreaddons.mk b/package/kf5/kf5-kcoreaddons/kf5-kcoreaddons.mk
index ea6aac4ec6..164bad1225 100644
--- a/package/kf5/kf5-kcoreaddons/kf5-kcoreaddons.mk
+++ b/package/kf5/kf5-kcoreaddons/kf5-kcoreaddons.mk
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ KF5_KCOREADDONS_DEPENDENCIES = kf5-extra-cmake-modules qt5tools
 KF5_KCOREADDONS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
 KF5_KCOREADDONS_CXXFLAGS = $(TARGET_CXXFLAGS)
-KF5_KCOREADDONS_CONF_OPTS = -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="$(KF5_KCOREADDONS_CXXFLAGS)"
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_LIBATOMIC),y)
 KF5_KCOREADDONS_CXXFLAGS += -latomic
 endif
 
+KF5_KCOREADDONS_CONF_OPTS = -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="$(KF5_KCOREADDONS_CXXFLAGS)"
+
 $(eval $(cmake-package))