diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index af23e8f11..d416fa2cd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -89,7 +89,10 @@ if(NOT HAVE_CXX_ATOMICS_WITHOUT_LIB)
   endif()
 endif()
 
-if (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 9.0)
+if (
+  (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 9.0) OR
+  (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang" AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 8.0)
+)
   message(STATUS "[build] detected old gcc, manually adding -lstdc++fs")
   set (musikcube_LINK_LIBS ${musikcube_LINK_LIBS} stdc++fs)
 endif()