diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 515b7c841f..2596f336a6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -190,10 +190,23 @@ endif
 # Compiler flags #
 ##################
 
-qemu_cflags = config_host['QEMU_CFLAGS'].split()
+qemu_common_flags = []
+qemu_cflags = []
+foreach arg : config_host['QEMU_CFLAGS'].split()
+  if arg.startswith('-W')
+    qemu_cflags += arg
+  else
+    qemu_common_flags += arg
+  endif
+endforeach
 qemu_objcflags = config_host['QEMU_OBJCFLAGS'].split()
 qemu_ldflags = config_host['QEMU_LDFLAGS'].split()
 
+if get_option('gprof')
+  qemu_common_flags += ['-p']
+  qemu_ldflags += ['-p']
+endif
+
 if get_option('prefer_static')
   qemu_ldflags += get_option('b_pie') ? '-static-pie' : '-static'
 endif
@@ -207,10 +220,9 @@ if targetos == 'windows'
   qemu_ldflags += cc.get_supported_link_arguments('-Wl,--dynamicbase', '-Wl,--high-entropy-va')
 endif
 
-if get_option('gprof')
-  qemu_cflags += ['-p']
-  qemu_objcflags += ['-p']
-  qemu_ldflags += ['-p']
+# Exclude --warn-common with TSan to suppress warnings from the TSan libraries.
+if targetos != 'sunos' and not config_host.has_key('CONFIG_TSAN')
+  qemu_ldflags += cc.get_supported_link_arguments('-Wl,--warn-common')
 endif
 
 # Specify linker-script with add_project_link_arguments so that it is not placed
@@ -226,8 +238,7 @@ if get_option('fuzzing')
                   name: '-fsanitize-coverage-allowlist=/dev/null',
                  args: ['-fsanitize-coverage-allowlist=/dev/null',
                         '-fsanitize-coverage=trace-pc'] )
-    add_global_arguments('-fsanitize-coverage-allowlist=instrumentation-filter',
-                         native: false, language: all_languages)
+    qemu_common_flags += ['-fsanitize-coverage-allowlist=instrumentation-filter']
   endif
 
   if get_option('fuzzing_engine') == ''
@@ -235,10 +246,8 @@ if get_option('fuzzing')
     # compiled code.  To build non-fuzzer binaries with --enable-fuzzing, link
     # everything with fsanitize=fuzzer-no-link. Otherwise, the linker will be
     # unable to bind the fuzzer-related callbacks added by instrumentation.
-    add_global_arguments('-fsanitize=fuzzer-no-link',
-                         native: false, language: all_languages)
-    add_global_link_arguments('-fsanitize=fuzzer-no-link',
-                              native: false, language: all_languages)
+    qemu_common_flags += ['-fsanitize=fuzzer-no-link']
+    qemu_ldflags += ['-fsanitize=fuzzer-no-link']
     # For the actual fuzzer binaries, we need to link against the libfuzzer
     # library. They need to be configurable, to support OSS-Fuzz
     fuzz_exe_ldflags = ['-fsanitize=fuzzer']
@@ -249,6 +258,9 @@ if get_option('fuzzing')
   endif
 endif
 
+add_global_arguments(qemu_common_flags, native: false, language: all_languages)
+add_global_link_arguments(qemu_ldflags, native: false, language: all_languages)
+
 # Check that the C++ compiler exists and works with the C compiler.
 link_language = 'c'
 linker = cc
@@ -272,16 +284,9 @@ if 'cpp' in all_languages
   endif
 endif
 
-# Exclude --warn-common with TSan to suppress warnings from the TSan libraries.
-if targetos != 'sunos' and not config_host.has_key('CONFIG_TSAN')
-  qemu_ldflags += linker.get_supported_link_arguments('-Wl,--warn-common')
-endif
-
-add_global_link_arguments(qemu_ldflags, native: false, language: all_languages)
-
-add_global_arguments(qemu_cflags, native: false, language: 'c')
-add_global_arguments(qemu_cxxflags, native: false, language: 'cpp')
-add_global_arguments(qemu_objcflags, native: false, language: 'objc')
+add_project_arguments(qemu_cflags, native: false, language: 'c')
+add_project_arguments(qemu_cxxflags, native: false, language: 'cpp')
+add_project_arguments(qemu_objcflags, native: false, language: 'objc')
 if targetos == 'linux'
   add_project_arguments('-isystem', meson.current_source_dir() / 'linux-headers',
                         '-isystem', 'linux-headers',
@@ -3865,12 +3870,12 @@ link_args = get_option(link_language + '_link_args')
 if link_args.length() > 0
   summary_info += {'LDFLAGS':         ' '.join(link_args)}
 endif
-summary_info += {'QEMU_CFLAGS':       ' '.join(qemu_cflags)}
+summary_info += {'QEMU_CFLAGS':       ' '.join(qemu_common_flags + qemu_cflags)}
 if 'cpp' in all_languages
-  summary_info += {'QEMU_CXXFLAGS':     ' '.join(qemu_cxxflags)}
+  summary_info += {'QEMU_CXXFLAGS':     ' '.join(qemu_common_flags + qemu_cxxflags)}
 endif
 if 'objc' in all_languages
-  summary_info += {'QEMU_OBJCFLAGS':    ' '.join(qemu_objcflags)}
+  summary_info += {'QEMU_OBJCFLAGS':    ' '.join(qemu_common_flags + qemu_objcflags)}
 endif
 summary_info += {'QEMU_LDFLAGS':      ' '.join(qemu_ldflags)}
 summary_info += {'profiler':          get_option('profiler')}