diff --git a/_build_cyrk.py b/_build_cyrk.py
index c070177..bc4e5c4 100644
--- a/_build_cyrk.py
+++ b/_build_cyrk.py
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
     extra_compile_args = ['-O3']
     extra_link_args = []
 else:
-    extra_compile_args = ['-fopenmp -O3']
-    extra_link_args = ['-fopenmp -O3']
+    extra_compile_args = ['-fopenmp', '-O3']
+    extra_link_args = ['-fopenmp', '-O3']
 macro_list = [("NPY_NO_DEPRECATED_API", "NPY_1_7_API_VERSION")]
 
 # Load TidalPy's cython extensions
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f4266cd..f83b66e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
     extra_compile_args = ['-O3']
     extra_link_args = []
 else:
-    extra_compile_args = ['-fopenmp -O3']
-    extra_link_args = ['-fopenmp -O3']
+    extra_compile_args = ['-fopenmp', '-O3']
+    extra_link_args = ['-fopenmp', '-O3']
 macro_list = [("NPY_NO_DEPRECATED_API", "NPY_1_7_API_VERSION")]
 
 # Load TidalPy's cython extensions