diff --git a/openmp/runtime/src/CMakeLists.txt b/openmp/runtime/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/openmp/runtime/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/openmp/runtime/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@
     LINK_LIBS ${LIBOMP_CONFIGURED_LIBFLAGS} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
     LINK_COMPONENTS Support
     )
+  set(LIBOMP_LINKER_LANGUAGE CXX)
 endif()
 
 set_target_properties(omp PROPERTIES