diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 025ba3c..06fcbd5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -135,6 +135,35 @@ if(VLLM_GPU_LANG STREQUAL "SYCL")
   set(CMAKE_${VLLM_GPU_LANG}_FLAGS "${CMAKE_${VLLM_GPU_LANG}_FLAGS}")
   set(SYCL_FIRST_HEADER "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/csrc/sycl_first.h")
   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -include ${SYCL_FIRST_HEADER}")
+
+  # define link options for SYCL, including AOT targets and optimizations
+  set(PERF_LINK_OPTS "-doubleGRF")
+  set(PERF_LINK_OPTS "${PERF_LINK_OPTS} -vc-disable-indvars-opt")
+  set(PERF_LINK_OPTS "${PERF_LINK_OPTS} -vc-codegen")
+  set(PERF_LINK_OPTS "${PERF_LINK_OPTS} -Xfinalizer -printregusage")
+  set(PERF_LINK_OPTS "${PERF_LINK_OPTS} -Xfinalizer -enableBCR")
+  set(PERF_LINK_OPTS "${PERF_LINK_OPTS} -Xfinalizer -DPASTokenReduction")
+
+  set(LINKE_OPTS ${LINKE_OPTS}
+      -fsycl
+      -fsycl-device-code-split=per_kernel
+  )
+  # TODO: make AOT device list configurable
+  set(USE_AOT_DEVLIST "pvc,bmg")
+
+  if (USE_AOT_DEVLIST)
+    set(LINKE_OPTS ${LINKE_OPTS} -fsycl-targets=spir64_gen)
+  endif()
+
+  set(LINKE_OPTS ${LINKE_OPTS} -Xs )
+
+  if (USE_AOT_DEVLIST)
+    set(LINKE_OPTS ${LINKE_OPTS} "-device ${USE_AOT_DEVLIST} -options '${PERF_LINK_OPTS}'")
+  else()
+    set(LINKE_OPTS ${LINKE_OPTS} "${PERF_LINK_OPTS}")
+  endif()
+  set(SYCL_LINK_OPTION  ${LINKE_OPTS})
+
 endif()
 
 #
@@ -154,12 +183,13 @@ if(VLLM_GPU_LANG STREQUAL "SYCL")
     "csrc/torch_bindings.cpp"
     "csrc/quantization/fp8/fp8_quant.cpp"
   )
+
   include_directories("/usr/include")
   set(CMPLR_ROOT $ENV{CMPLR_ROOT})
   set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER icpx)
   set(VLLM_EXTRA_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${CMPLR_ROOT}/include/sycl)
-  list(APPEND VLLM_GPU_FLAGS "-DVLLM_BUILD_XPU_OPS" )
-  list(APPEND VLLM_GPU_LINK_FLAGS "-fsycl" "-fsycl-targets=spir64")
+  list(APPEND VLLM_GPU_FLAGS "-DVLLM_BUILD_XPU_OPS")
+  list(APPEND VLLM_GPU_LINK_FLAGS ${SYCL_LINK_OPTION})
   list(APPEND VLLM_LINK_LIBRARIES "sycl" "OpenCL" "pthread" "m" "dl" "torch" )
 endif()
 
@@ -189,7 +219,7 @@ if(VLLM_GPU_LANG STREQUAL "SYCL")
   set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER icpx)
   set(VLLM_EXTRA_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${CMPLR_ROOT}/include/sycl)
   list(APPEND VLLM_GPU_FLAGS "-DVLLM_BUILD_XPU_OPS" )
-  list(APPEND VLLM_GPU_LINK_FLAGS "-fsycl" "-fsycl-targets=spir64")
+  list(APPEND VLLM_GPU_LINK_FLAGS ${SYCL_LINK_OPTION})
   list(APPEND VLLM_LINK_LIBRARIES "sycl" "OpenCL" "pthread" "m" "dl" "torch" )
 endif()