diff --git a/build/CMakeLists.txt b/build/CMakeLists.txt
index bc80423a..2658770c 100644
--- a/build/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/build/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
 elseif (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
   # more tweaks
   if (NOT (MSVC OR MSYS OR APPLE))
+    set (CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS "${CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS} -stdlib=libstdc++" ) # required for <atomic>
+    list(APPEND CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES "stdc++") # required to link with -stdlib=libstdc++
     set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wno-unused-const-variable -Wno-overloaded-virtual -Wno-c99-extensions" )
   endif()
 endif ()