diff --git a/compiler/extccomp.nim b/compiler/extccomp.nim
index 6b03f244a1..65a18ce643 100644
--- a/compiler/extccomp.nim
+++ b/compiler/extccomp.nim
@@ -683,8 +683,8 @@ proc getLinkCmd(conf: ConfigRef; projectfile: AbsoluteFile, objfiles: string; ba
       builddll = ""
     if not conf.outFile.isEmpty:
       exefile = conf.outFile.string.expandTilde
-      if not exefile.isAbsolute():
-        exefile = base.string / exefile
+    if not exefile.isAbsolute():
+      exefile = base.string / exefile
     if not noAbsolutePaths(conf):
       if not exefile.isAbsolute():
         exefile = string(splitFile(projectfile).dir / RelativeFile(exefile))