- Backport https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/merge_requests/5483/diffs?commit_id=15e77fbd40e324fd0be394a73ed94800bb47ad2e that is schedueled for 3.20

diff --git Modules/FortranCInterface.cmake Modules/FortranCInterface.cmake
index 547346ba90782d765cac860f755641cfb55b6dcf..733c7232c737e1c9a721124fc8a5465eaf872d91 100644
--- Modules/FortranCInterface.cmake
+++ Modules/FortranCInterface.cmake
@@ -343,6 +343,13 @@ function(FortranCInterface_VERIFY)
     set(_desc "Verifying Fortran/${lang} Compiler Compatibility")
     message(CHECK_START "${_desc}")
 
+    cmake_policy(GET CMP0056 _FortranCInterface_CMP0056)
+    if(_FortranCInterface_CMP0056 STREQUAL "NEW")
+      set(_FortranCInterface_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS:STRING=${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS}")
+    else()
+      set(_FortranCInterface_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "")
+    endif()
+
     # Build a sample project which reports symbols.
     set(CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_CONFIGURATION Release)
     try_compile(FortranCInterface_VERIFY_${lang}_COMPILED
@@ -358,6 +365,7 @@ function(FortranCInterface_VERIFY)
                  "-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE:STRING=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE}"
                  "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE:STRING=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE}"
                  "-DCMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_RELEASE:STRING=${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_RELEASE}"
+                 ${_FortranCInterface_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS}
       OUTPUT_VARIABLE _output)
     file(WRITE "${FortranCInterface_BINARY_DIR}/Verify${lang}/output.txt" "${_output}")
 
diff --git Modules/FortranCInterface/Detect.cmake Modules/FortranCInterface/Detect.cmake
index c75067b32e4b7eeba1edf7d6bc6acc3798032dd7..998faf1eccf92f654f78ea66f2a34a8b05b5f991 100644
--- Modules/FortranCInterface/Detect.cmake
+++ Modules/FortranCInterface/Detect.cmake
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ unset(FortranCInterface_VERIFIED_CXX CACHE)
 
 set(_result)
 
+cmake_policy(GET CMP0056 _FortranCInterface_CMP0056)
+if(_FortranCInterface_CMP0056 STREQUAL "NEW")
+  set(_FortranCInterface_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS:STRING=${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS}")
+else()
+  set(_FortranCInterface_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "")
+endif()
+unset(_FortranCInterface_CMP0056)
+
 # Build a sample project which reports symbols.
 set(CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_CONFIGURATION Release)
 try_compile(FortranCInterface_COMPILED
@@ -38,9 +46,11 @@ try_compile(FortranCInterface_COMPILED
     "-DCMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS:STRING=${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS}"
     "-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE:STRING=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE}"
     "-DCMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_RELEASE:STRING=${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_RELEASE}"
+    ${_FortranCInterface_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS}
   OUTPUT_VARIABLE FortranCInterface_OUTPUT)
 set(FortranCInterface_COMPILED ${FortranCInterface_COMPILED})
 unset(FortranCInterface_COMPILED CACHE)
+unset(_FortranCInterface_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS)
 
 # Locate the sample project executable.
 set(FortranCInterface_EXE)