diff --git a/Modules/TestForSTDNamespace.cmake b/Modules/TestForSTDNamespace.cmake
index 3fd018bbe9..285ff4fa3f 100644
--- a/Modules/TestForSTDNamespace.cmake
+++ b/Modules/TestForSTDNamespace.cmake
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 IF(NOT CMAKE_STD_NAMESPACE)
   MESSAGE(STATUS "Check for STD namespace")
   TRY_COMPILE(CMAKE_STD_NAMESPACE  ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR} 
-    CMAKE_FLAGS -DCOMPILE_DEFINITIONS:STRING=${CMAKE_ANSI_CXXFLAGS}
-    ${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/TestForSTDNamespace.cxx)
+    ${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/TestForSTDNamespace.cxx
+    CMAKE_FLAGS -DCOMPILE_DEFINITIONS:STRING=${CMAKE_ANSI_CXXFLAGS})
   IF (CMAKE_STD_NAMESPACE)
     MESSAGE(STATUS "Check for STD namespace - found")
     SET (CMAKE_NO_STD_NAMESPACE 0 CACHE INTERNAL