diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7dfbe6f..67d31f5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -479,13 +479,17 @@ endif()
 
 list(JOIN REQUIRES_PRIVATE " " REQUIRES_PRIVATE)
 
-include(CheckCXXSymbolExists)
-check_cxx_symbol_exists(_LIBCPP_VERSION cstdlib HAVE_LIBCPP)
-if(HAVE_LIBCPP)
-  set(LIBS_PRIVATE "-lc++")
-else()
-  set(LIBS_PRIVATE "-lstdc++")
-endif()
+set(FAKE_CXX_LINKAGE "")
+foreach(lib IN LISTS CMAKE_CXX_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES)
+    if(lib IN_LIST CMAKE_C_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES)
+        continue()
+    elseif(EXISTS "${lib}")
+        string(APPEND FAKE_CXX_LINKAGE " ${CMAKE_LINK_LIBRARY_FILE_FLAG}${lib}")
+    else()
+        string(APPEND FAKE_CXX_LINKAGE " ${CMAKE_LINK_LIBRARY_FLAG}${lib}")
+    endif()
+endforeach()
+set(LIBS_PRIVATE "${FAKE_CXX_LINKAGE}")
 
 configure_file(libheif.pc.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libheif.pc @ONLY)