diff --git a/checkMutateeCompiler.cmake b/checkMutateeCompiler.cmake
index 8c1c86c9..c1972aab 100644
--- a/checkMutateeCompiler.cmake
+++ b/checkMutateeCompiler.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 MACRO (CHECK_MUTATEE_COMPILER _COMPILER _COMP_FLAG _LINK_FLAG _LANG _MSG _RESULT)
-  if(NOT DYNINST_ENABLE_32BIT_TESTS)
+  if(NOT DYNINST_ENABLE_32BIT_TESTS AND ${_LINK_FLAG} MATCHES "32")
     set(${_RESULT} 0 CACHE INTERNAL "Test ${VAR}")
   endif()