diff --git a/cmake/Modules/CheckLibcxxAtomic.cmake b/cmake/Modules/CheckLibcxxAtomic.cmake
index 9f2632736..ca490b3e7 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/CheckLibcxxAtomic.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/CheckLibcxxAtomic.cmake
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ INCLUDE(CheckCXXSourceCompiles)
 
 function(check_cxx_atomics varname)
   set(OLD_CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS})
-  set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS "-std=c++11")
+  set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS "-std=c++11 -nostdinc++ -isystem ${LIBCXX_SOURCE_DIR}/include")
   if (${LIBCXX_GCC_TOOLCHAIN})
-    set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS "-std=c++11 --gcc-toolchain=${LIBCXX_GCC_TOOLCHAIN}")
+    set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS "${CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS} --gcc-toolchain=${LIBCXX_GCC_TOOLCHAIN}")
   endif()
   check_cxx_source_compiles("
 #include <cstdint>