diff --git a/Source/cmCoreTryCompile.cxx b/Source/cmCoreTryCompile.cxx
index b4d35c5edc..d435b9b229 100644
--- a/Source/cmCoreTryCompile.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmCoreTryCompile.cxx
@@ -691,6 +691,13 @@ cm::optional<cmTryCompileResult> cmCoreTryCompile::TryCompileCode(
               *cmp0197 == "NEW"_s ? "NEW" : "OLD");
     }
 
+    /* Set per-language link flags policy to match outer project.
+       It affects platform modules.  */
+    if (this->Makefile->GetPolicyStatus(cmPolicies::CMP0210) !=
+        cmPolicies::NEW) {
+      fprintf(fout, "cmake_policy(SET CMP0210 OLD)\n");
+    }
+
     std::string projectLangs;
     for (std::string const& li : testLangs) {
       projectLangs += cmStrCat(' ', li);
@@ -907,15 +914,6 @@ cm::optional<cmTryCompileResult> cmCoreTryCompile::TryCompileCode(
               ? "NEW"
               : "OLD");
 
-    /* Set the appropriate policy information for passing
-     * CMAKE_<LANG>_LINK_FLAGS
-     */
-    fprintf(fout, "cmake_policy(SET CMP0210 %s)\n",
-            this->Makefile->GetPolicyStatus(cmPolicies::CMP0210) ==
-                cmPolicies::NEW
-              ? "NEW"
-              : "OLD");
-
     // Honor CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS in Swift if the outer project does.
     fprintf(fout, "cmake_policy(SET CMP0214 %s)\n",
             this->Makefile->GetPolicyStatus(cmPolicies::CMP0214) ==
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/CMP0210-NEW-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/CMP0210-NEW-stderr.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36ad41b68a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/CMP0210-NEW-stderr.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+^try_compile CMP0210='NEW'
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/CMP0210-NEW-toolchain.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/CMP0210-NEW-toolchain.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5474508bf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/CMP0210-NEW-toolchain.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/CMP0210-toolchain.cmake")
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/CMP0210-NEW.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/CMP0210-NEW.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..644f78510b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/CMP0210-NEW.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+cmake_policy(SET CMP0210 NEW)
+enable_language(C)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/CMP0210-OLD-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/CMP0210-OLD-stderr.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c308ca2967
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/CMP0210-OLD-stderr.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+^try_compile CMP0210='OLD'
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/CMP0210-OLD-toolchain.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/CMP0210-OLD-toolchain.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5474508bf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/CMP0210-OLD-toolchain.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/CMP0210-toolchain.cmake")
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/CMP0210-OLD.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/CMP0210-OLD.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6eda62914
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/CMP0210-OLD.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+cmake_policy(SET CMP0210 OLD)
+enable_language(C)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/CMP0210-WARN-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/CMP0210-WARN-stderr.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c308ca2967
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/CMP0210-WARN-stderr.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+^try_compile CMP0210='OLD'
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/CMP0210-WARN-toolchain.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/CMP0210-WARN-toolchain.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5474508bf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/CMP0210-WARN-toolchain.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/CMP0210-toolchain.cmake")
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/CMP0210-WARN.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/CMP0210-WARN.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af6fb7e1ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/CMP0210-WARN.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# leave CMP0210 unset
+enable_language(C)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/CMP0210-toolchain.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/CMP0210-toolchain.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f19e0efa77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/CMP0210-toolchain.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+get_property(_IN_TC GLOBAL PROPERTY IN_TRY_COMPILE)
+if(_IN_TC)
+  cmake_policy(GET CMP0210 cmp0210)
+  message("try_compile CMP0210='${cmp0210}'")
+endif()
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/RunCMakeTest.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/RunCMakeTest.cmake
index 5105e7afa9..6320cd127e 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/RunCMakeTest.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/ToolchainFile/RunCMakeTest.cmake
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ run_cmake_toolchain(LinkFlagsInit)
 run_cmake_toolchain(CMP0126-NEW)
 run_cmake_toolchain(CMP0126-OLD)
 run_cmake_toolchain(CMP0126-WARN)
+run_cmake_toolchain(CMP0210-NEW)
+run_cmake_toolchain(CMP0210-OLD)
+run_cmake_toolchain(CMP0210-WARN)
 run_cmake_toolchain(SetCompilerLoaded)
 run_cmake_toolchain(SetCrossCompiling)