diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d69a5b57f..932ac513e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ endif()
 set_target_properties(
   notcurses++-static PROPERTIES
   OUTPUT_NAME notcurses++
-  )
+)
 
 set_target_properties(
   notcurses++ PROPERTIES
@@ -572,7 +572,23 @@ target_compile_definitions(notcurses++-static
   PUBLIC
     ${NCPP_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS_PUBLIC}
 )
-endif()
+
+target_compile_options(notcurses++-static
+  PRIVATE
+  ${NCPP_COMPILE_OPTIONS}
+  -fPIE
+)
+
+target_compile_definitions(notcurses++
+  PUBLIC
+    ${NCPP_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS_PUBLIC}
+)
+
+target_compile_definitions(notcurses++-static
+  PUBLIC
+    ${NCPP_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS_PUBLIC}
+)
+endif() # end USE_CXX block
 
 target_compile_options(notcurses-core
   PRIVATE
@@ -594,22 +610,6 @@ target_compile_options(notcurses-static
     -fPIE
 )
 
-target_compile_options(notcurses++-static
-  PRIVATE
-  ${NCPP_COMPILE_OPTIONS}
-  -fPIE
-)
-
-target_compile_definitions(notcurses++
-  PUBLIC
-    ${NCPP_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS_PUBLIC}
-)
-
-target_compile_definitions(notcurses++-static
-  PUBLIC
-    ${NCPP_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS_PUBLIC}
-)
-
 file(GLOB NCPP_HEADERS
   CONFIGURE_DEPENDS
   LIST_DIRECTORIES false