diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0738046..4453d0d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -90,9 +90,10 @@ configure_file(cmake/libcap_capability.h.in
 
 # Library with basic project settings. The empty file is there to be able to
 # define header-only libraries without cumbersome target_sources() hacks.
-file(WRITE "${SAPI_BINARY_DIR}/sapi_base_force_cxx_linkage.cc" "")
+configure_file(cmake/sapi_force_cxx_linkage.cc.in
+               "${SAPI_BINARY_DIR}/sapi_force_cxx_linkage.cc" COPYONLY)
 add_library(sapi_base STATIC
-  "${SAPI_BINARY_DIR}/sapi_base_force_cxx_linkage.cc"
+  "${SAPI_BINARY_DIR}/sapi_force_cxx_linkage.cc"
 )
 add_library(sapi::base ALIAS sapi_base)
 target_compile_features(sapi_base PUBLIC
diff --git a/cmake/SapiBuildDefs.cmake b/cmake/SapiBuildDefs.cmake
index 3f71ee1..d20df11 100644
--- a/cmake/SapiBuildDefs.cmake
+++ b/cmake/SapiBuildDefs.cmake
@@ -111,10 +111,9 @@ function(add_sapi_library)
 
   # The sandboxed binary
   set(_sapi_bin "${_sapi_NAME}.bin")
-  set(_sapi_force_cxx_linkage
-    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_sapi_bin}_force_cxx_linkage.cc")
-  file(WRITE "${_sapi_force_cxx_linkage}" "")
-  add_executable("${_sapi_bin}" "${_sapi_force_cxx_linkage}")
+  add_executable("${_sapi_bin}"
+    "${SAPI_BINARY_DIR}/sapi_force_cxx_linkage.cc"
+  )
   target_link_libraries("${_sapi_bin}" PRIVATE
     -fuse-ld=gold
     -Wl,--whole-archive "${_sapi_LIBRARY}" -Wl,--no-whole-archive
@@ -192,10 +191,9 @@ function(add_sapi_library)
 
   # Library with the interface
   if(NOT _sapi_SOURCES)
-    set(_sapi_force_cxx_linkage
-      "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_sapi_NAME}_force_cxx_linkage.cc")
-    file(WRITE "${_sapi_force_cxx_linkage}" "")
-    list(APPEND _sapi_SOURCES "${_sapi_force_cxx_linkage}")
+    list(APPEND _sapi_SOURCES
+      "${SAPI_BINARY_DIR}/sapi_force_cxx_linkage.cc"
+    )
   endif()
   add_library("${_sapi_NAME}" STATIC
     "${_sapi_gen_header}"
diff --git a/cmake/sapi_force_cxx_linkage.cc.in b/cmake/sapi_force_cxx_linkage.cc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/sandboxed_api/util/CMakeLists.txt b/sandboxed_api/util/CMakeLists.txt
index c790fa6..2612290 100644
--- a/sandboxed_api/util/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sandboxed_api/util/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -48,10 +48,9 @@ target_link_libraries(sapi_util_fileops PRIVATE
 )
 
 # sandboxed_api/util:flag
-file(WRITE "${SAPI_BINARY_DIR}/sapi_util_flags_force_cxx_linkage.cc" "")
 add_library(sapi_util_flags ${SAPI_LIB_TYPE}
   flag.h
-  "${SAPI_BINARY_DIR}/sapi_util_flags_force_cxx_linkage.cc"
+  "${SAPI_BINARY_DIR}/sapi_force_cxx_linkage.cc"
 )
 add_library(sapi::flags ALIAS sapi_util_flags)
 target_link_libraries(sapi_util_flags PUBLIC