diff --git a/cmake/QtPlatformTargetHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtPlatformTargetHelpers.cmake
index 270ed3167b9..4d5ad793742 100644
--- a/cmake/QtPlatformTargetHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtPlatformTargetHelpers.cmake
@@ -27,8 +27,12 @@ function(qt_internal_setup_public_platform_target)
     endif()
 
     if (QT_FEATURE_stdlib_libcpp)
-        target_compile_options(Platform INTERFACE "-stdlib=libc++")
-        target_link_options(Platform INTERFACE "-stdlib=libc++")
+        target_compile_options(Platform INTERFACE "$<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:-stdlib=libc++>")
+        set(libc_link_option "-stdlib=libc++")
+        if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "3.18")
+            set(libc_link_option "$<$<LINK_LANGUAGE:CXX>:-stdlib=libc++>")
+        endif()
+        target_link_options(Platform INTERFACE "${libc_link_option}")
     endif()
     if (QT_FEATURE_no_extern_direct_access)
         target_compile_options(Platform INTERFACE "-mno-direct-extern-access")