diff --git a/utils.cmake b/utils.cmake
index 1d1e4092..de03cdba 100644
--- a/utils.cmake
+++ b/utils.cmake
@@ -22,9 +22,13 @@ function(target_activate_cpp14 TARGET)
             endif()
         endif(COMPILER_HAS_CPP14_SUPPORT)
     endif("${CMAKE_VERSION}" VERSION_GREATER "3.1")
-    if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
+    # Ideally, we'd like to use libc++ on linux as well, but:
+    #    - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37096062/get-a-basic-c-program-to-compile-using-clang-on-ubuntu-16
+    #    - https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=808086
+    # so only use it on Apple systems...
+    if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang" AND APPLE)
         target_compile_options(${TARGET} PUBLIC -stdlib=libc++)
-    endif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
+    endif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang" AND APPLE)
 endfunction(target_activate_cpp14)
 
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