diff --git a/compiler-rt/cmake/Modules/AddCompilerRT.cmake b/compiler-rt/cmake/Modules/AddCompilerRT.cmake
--- a/compiler-rt/cmake/Modules/AddCompilerRT.cmake
+++ b/compiler-rt/cmake/Modules/AddCompilerRT.cmake
@@ -482,7 +482,13 @@
   # trump. With MSVC we can't do that because CMake is set up to run link.exe
   # when linking, not the compiler. Here, we hack it to use the compiler
   # because we want to use -fsanitize flags.
-  if(NOT MSVC)
+
+  # Only add CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS when in a standalone bulid.
+  # Or else CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS contains flags for build compiler of Clang/llvm.
+  # This might not be the same as what the COMPILER_RT_TEST_COMPILER supports.
+  # eg: the build compiler use lld linker and we build clang with default ld linker
+  # then to be tested clang will complain about lld options like --color-diagnostics.
+  if(NOT MSVC AND COMPILER_RT_STANDALONE_BUILD)
     set(TEST_LINK_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} ${TEST_LINK_FLAGS}")
     separate_arguments(TEST_LINK_FLAGS)
   endif()