diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index d50b2cc0f..ee6cec493 100644
--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ target_link_libraries(cxx ${libraries})
 append_if(LIBCXX_COMPILE_FLAGS LIBCXX_HAS_FPIC_FLAG -fPIC)
 append_if(LIBCXX_LINK_FLAGS LIBCXX_HAS_NODEFAULTLIBS_FLAG -nodefaultlibs)
 
-if ( APPLE )
+if ( APPLE AND (LIBCXX_CXX_ABI_LIBNAME STREQUAL "libcxxabi" OR
+                LIBCXX_CXX_ABI_LIBNAME STREQUAL "none"))
   if (NOT DEFINED LIBCXX_LIBCPPABI_VERSION)
     set(LIBCXX_LIBCPPABI_VERSION "2")
   endif()