diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ef8d76ca53941..6334fa9822258 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3246,7 +3246,7 @@ if(SDL_SHARED)
   add_library(SDL3::SDL3 ALIAS SDL3)
   set_target_properties(SDL3 PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE TRUE)
   if(NOT SDL_LIBC)
-    if(SDL_CPU_X86)
+    if(MSVC AND SDL_CPU_X86)
       # FIXME: should be added for all architectures (missing symbols for ARM)
       target_link_libraries(SDL3 PRIVATE "-nodefaultlib:MSVCRT")
     endif()