diff --git a/Modules/Platform/Linux-OpenWatcom-C.cmake b/Modules/Platform/Linux-OpenWatcom-C.cmake
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+++ b/Modules/Platform/Linux-OpenWatcom-C.cmake
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+include(Platform/Linux-OpenWatcom)
diff --git a/Modules/Platform/Linux-OpenWatcom-CXX.cmake b/Modules/Platform/Linux-OpenWatcom-CXX.cmake
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+++ b/Modules/Platform/Linux-OpenWatcom-CXX.cmake
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+include(Platform/Linux-OpenWatcom)
diff --git a/Modules/Platform/Linux-OpenWatcom.cmake b/Modules/Platform/Linux-OpenWatcom.cmake
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+# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License.  See accompanying
+# file Copyright.txt or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.
+
+# This module is shared by multiple languages; use include blocker.
+include_guard()
+
+string(APPEND CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT " system linux")
+string(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT " system linux")
+string(APPEND CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT " system linux")
+
+set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE_INIT Debug)
+
+# single/multi-threaded                 /-bm
+# default is setup for single-threaded libraries
+string(APPEND CMAKE_C_FLAGS_INIT " -bt=linux")
+string(APPEND CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_INIT " -bt=linux -xs")