diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d97ca9ae8f..b57c02d845 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED True)
 set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE BOTH)
 set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY BOTH)
+# set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY GLOBAL_DEPENDS_DEBUG_MODE 1)
 
 # Option to generate code coverage report using llvm-cov and lcov.
 option(DPCTL_GENERATE_COVERAGE
diff --git a/dpctl/CMakeLists.txt b/dpctl/CMakeLists.txt
index 6ccca33dd6..487a5782e2 100644
--- a/dpctl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dpctl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ if(WIN32)
         "-Wunused-function "
         "-Wuninitialized "
         "-Wmissing-declarations "
+        "-Wstrict-prototypes "
         "-Wno-unused-parameter "
     )
     string(CONCAT SDL_FLAGS
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ elseif(UNIX)
         "-Wunused-function "
         "-Wuninitialized "
         "-Wmissing-declarations "
+        "-Wstrict-prototypes "
+        "-Wno-unused-parameter "
         "-fdiagnostics-color=auto "
     )
     string(CONCAT SDL_FLAGS
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@ elseif(UNIX)
         "-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 "
         "-Wformat "
         "-Wformat-security "
-        "-fno-strict-overflow "
+#       "-fno-strict-overflow "    # no-strict-overflow is implied by -fwrapv
         "-fno-delete-null-pointer-checks "
         "-fwrapv "
     )
@@ -137,9 +140,11 @@ set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "$ORIGIN")
 
 function(build_dpctl_ext _trgt _src _dest)
     add_cython_target(${_trgt} ${_src} CXX OUTPUT_VAR _generated_src)
+    set(_cythonize_trgt "${_trgt}_cythonize_pyx")
+    add_custom_target(${_cythonize_trgt} DEPENDS ${_src})
     add_library(${_trgt} MODULE ${_generated_src})
     target_include_directories(${_trgt} PRIVATE ${NumPy_INCLUDE_DIR} ${DPCTL_INCLUDE_DIR})
-    add_dependencies(${_trgt} _build_time_create_dpctl_include_copy)
+    add_dependencies(${_trgt} _build_time_create_dpctl_include_copy ${_cythonize_trgt})
     if (DPCTL_GENERATE_COVERAGE)
         target_compile_definitions(${_trgt} PRIVATE CYTHON_TRACE=1 CYTHON_TRACE_NOGIL=1)
         target_compile_options(${_trgt} PRIVATE -fno-sycl-use-footer)
diff --git a/libsyclinterface/CMakeLists.txt b/libsyclinterface/CMakeLists.txt
index 7076fe53c3..79cea3696d 100644
--- a/libsyclinterface/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libsyclinterface/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ if(WIN32)
         "-Wunused-function "
         "-Wuninitialized "
         "-Wmissing-declarations "
+        "-Wstrict-prototypes "
+        "-Wno-unused-parameter "
     )
     string(CONCAT SDL_FLAGS
         "/GS "
@@ -131,6 +133,8 @@ elseif(UNIX)
         "-Wunused-function "
         "-Wuninitialized "
         "-Wmissing-declarations "
+        "-Wstrict-prototypes "
+        "-Wno-unused-parameter "
         "-fdiagnostics-color=auto "
     )
     string(CONCAT SDL_FLAGS
@@ -141,7 +145,7 @@ elseif(UNIX)
         "-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 "
         "-Wformat "
         "-Wformat-security "
-        "-fno-strict-overflow "
+#       "-fno-strict-overflow "  # implied by -fwrapv
         "-fno-delete-null-pointer-checks "
         "-fwrapv "
     )