diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 58e362659..0a5a2c5d7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ option(ENABLE_FUZZING "Fuzz testing using LLVM's libFuzzer" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_NODE_BINDINGS "Build NodeJs bindings" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_CLANG_TIDY "Enables clang-tidy checks" OFF)
 
+
 if (ENABLE_CLANG_TIDY)
   find_program(CLANG_TIDY_COMMAND NAMES clang-tidy)
   if(NOT CLANG_TIDY_COMMAND)
@@ -57,6 +58,18 @@ if (POLICY CMP0074)
 endif()
 project(OSRM C CXX)
 
+
+if(ENABLE_LTO AND (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES Release OR CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES MinRelSize OR CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES RelWithDebInfo))
+  include(CheckIPOSupported)
+  check_ipo_supported(RESULT LTO_SUPPORTED OUTPUT error)
+  if(LTO_SUPPORTED)
+      message(STATUS "IPO / LTO enabled")
+      set(CMAKE_INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION TRUE)
+  else()
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "IPO / LTO not supported: <${error}>")
+  endif()
+endif()
+
 # add @loader_path/$ORIGIN to rpath to make binaries relocatable
 if (APPLE)
   set(CMAKE_BUILD_RPATH "@loader_path")
@@ -208,17 +221,6 @@ if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU")
   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} -Og -ggdb")
 endif()
 
-if(ENABLE_LTO AND (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES Release OR CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES MinRelSize OR CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES RelWithDebInfo))
-  include(CheckIPOSupported)
-  check_ipo_supported(RESULT LTO_SUPPORTED OUTPUT error)
-  if(LTO_SUPPORTED)
-      message(STATUS "IPO / LTO enabled")
-      set(CMAKE_INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION TRUE)
-  else()
-      message(FATAL_ERROR "IPO / LTO not supported: <${error}>")
-  endif()
-endif()
-
 set(MAYBE_COVERAGE_LIBRARIES "")
 if (ENABLE_COVERAGE)
   if (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES "Debug")