diff --git a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
index f035bd01fd..300c13b557 100644
--- a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
@@ -4461,6 +4461,13 @@ std::vector<BT<std::string>> cmGeneratorTarget::GetLinkOptions(
 
   // Last step: replace "LINKER:" prefixed elements by
   // actual linker wrapper
+  return this->ResolveLinkerWrapper(result, language);
+}
+
+std::vector<BT<std::string>>& cmGeneratorTarget::ResolveLinkerWrapper(
+  std::vector<BT<std::string>>& result, const std::string& language) const
+{
+  // replace "LINKER:" prefixed elements by actual linker wrapper
   const std::string wrapper(this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition(
     "CMAKE_" + language +
     (this->IsDeviceLink() ? "_DEVICE_LINKER_WRAPPER_FLAG"
diff --git a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.h b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.h
index e1909a4dce..09f4167c76 100644
--- a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.h
+++ b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.h
@@ -498,6 +498,9 @@ public:
   std::vector<BT<std::string>> GetLinkOptions(
     std::string const& config, std::string const& language) const;
 
+  std::vector<BT<std::string>>& ResolveLinkerWrapper(
+    std::vector<BT<std::string>>& result, const std::string& language) const;
+
   void GetStaticLibraryLinkOptions(std::vector<std::string>& result,
                                    const std::string& config,
                                    const std::string& language) const;