diff --git a/Meta/CMake/targets.cmake b/Meta/CMake/targets.cmake
index e9aa582cff0..d4881dde3be 100644
--- a/Meta/CMake/targets.cmake
+++ b/Meta/CMake/targets.cmake
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ function(lagom_generate_export_header name fs_name)
     # to export symbols required by external consumers. This allows the codebase
     # to gradually slowly migrate instead of an all-or-nothing approach.
     if (NOT WIN32)
-        target_compile_options(${name} PRIVATE -fvisibility=hidden)
+        add_cxx_compile_options(${name} PRIVATE -fvisibility=hidden)
     else()
         set_target_properties(${name} PROPERTIES WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS OFF)
     endif()