diff --git a/utils.cmake b/utils.cmake
index f2eeb82..d42646c 100644
--- a/utils.cmake
+++ b/utils.cmake
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ function(setup_project)
     if(POLICY CMP0141)
         cmake_policy(SET CMP0141 NEW)
     endif()
-    # Introduced by CMP0141. Will be ignored if compiler is not MSVC, so it's fine to set it globally.
-    if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_MSVC_DEBUG_INFORMATION_FORMAT)
+    # Introduced by CMP0141.
+    if(MSVC AND NOT DEFINED CMAKE_MSVC_DEBUG_INFORMATION_FORMAT)
         set(CMAKE_MSVC_DEBUG_INFORMATION_FORMAT "$<$<CONFIG:Debug,RelWithDebInfo>:ProgramDatabase>" PARENT_SCOPE)
     endif()
     # Improve language standard and extension selection.
@@ -75,17 +75,17 @@ function(setup_project)
     if(POLICY CMP0091)
         cmake_policy(SET CMP0091 NEW)
     endif()
-    # Introduced by CMP0091. Will be ignored if compiler is not MSVC.
-    if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY)
+    # Introduced by CMP0091.
+    if(MSVC AND NOT DEFINED CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY)
         set(CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>DLL" PARENT_SCOPE)
     endif()
     # Add correct link flags for PIE (Position Independent Executable).
     if(POLICY CMP0083)
         cmake_policy(SET CMP0083 NEW)
     endif()
-    if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
-        set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release" PARENT_SCOPE)
-    endif()
+    #if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+    #    set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release" PARENT_SCOPE)
+    #endif()
     if(PROJ_ARGS_ENABLE_LTO)
         # MinGW has many bugs when LTO is enabled, and they are all very
         # hard to workaround, so just don't enable LTO at all for MinGW.
@@ -95,9 +95,14 @@ function(setup_project)
     endif()
     if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX)
         if(WIN32)
-            set(CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX "d" PARENT_SCOPE)
+            if(NOT MINGW) # MinGW libraries usually don't have debug postfix.
+                set(CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX "d" PARENT_SCOPE)
+            endif()
         else()
             set(CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX "_debug" PARENT_SCOPE)
+            if(APPLE)
+                set(CMAKE_FRAMEWORK_MULTI_CONFIG_POSTFIX_DEBUG "_debug" PARENT_SCOPE)
+            endif()
         endif()
     endif()
     if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)
@@ -110,6 +115,21 @@ function(setup_project)
         set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/lib" PARENT_SCOPE)
     endif()
     set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON PARENT_SCOPE)
+    set(CMAKE_LINK_DEPENDS_NO_SHARED ON PARENT_SCOPE)
+    set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON PARENT_SCOPE)
+    include(CheckPIESupported)
+    check_pie_supported() # This function must be called to ensure CMake adds -fPIE to the linker flags.
+    set(CMAKE_VISIBILITY_INLINES_HIDDEN ON PARENT_SCOPE)
+    if(PROJ_ARGS_QT_PROJECT)
+        set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC ON PARENT_SCOPE)
+        set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON PARENT_SCOPE)
+        set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON PARENT_SCOPE)
+    endif()
+    if(PROJ_ARGS_QML_IMPORT_DIR)
+        list(APPEND QML_IMPORT_PATH "${PROJ_ARGS_QML_IMPORT_DIR}")
+        list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES QML_IMPORT_PATH)
+        set(QML_IMPORT_PATH ${QML_IMPORT_PATH} CACHE STRING "Qt Creator extra QML import paths" FORCE)
+    endif()
     foreach(__lang ${PROJ_ARGS_LANGUAGES})
         if(__lang STREQUAL "C")
             enable_language(C)
@@ -238,18 +258,6 @@ function(setup_project)
             endif()
         endif()
     endforeach()
-    set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON PARENT_SCOPE)
-    set(CMAKE_VISIBILITY_INLINES_HIDDEN ON PARENT_SCOPE)
-    if(PROJ_ARGS_QT_PROJECT)
-        set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC ON PARENT_SCOPE)
-        set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON PARENT_SCOPE)
-        set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON PARENT_SCOPE)
-    endif()
-    if(PROJ_ARGS_QML_IMPORT_DIR)
-        list(APPEND QML_IMPORT_PATH "${PROJ_ARGS_QML_IMPORT_DIR}")
-        list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES QML_IMPORT_PATH)
-        set(QML_IMPORT_PATH ${QML_IMPORT_PATH} CACHE STRING "Qt Creator extra QML import paths" FORCE)
-    endif()
 endfunction()
 
 function(get_commit_hash)