diff --git a/cmake/SfizzDeps.cmake b/cmake/SfizzDeps.cmake
index b167bcb5..1e4bd556 100644
--- a/cmake/SfizzDeps.cmake
+++ b/cmake/SfizzDeps.cmake
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ if(OPENMP_FOUND)
     add_library(sfizz::openmp ALIAS sfizz_openmp)
 
     # OpenMP flags are provided as a space-separated string, we need a list
-    if(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32)
+    if(NOT CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.9)
+        separate_arguments(SFIZZ_OpenMP_C_OPTIONS NATIVE_COMMAND "${OpenMP_C_FLAGS}")
+        separate_arguments(SFIZZ_OpenMP_CXX_OPTIONS NATIVE_COMMAND "${OpenMP_CXX_FLAGS}")
+    elseif(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32)
         separate_arguments(SFIZZ_OpenMP_C_OPTIONS WINDOWS_COMMAND "${OpenMP_C_FLAGS}")
         separate_arguments(SFIZZ_OpenMP_CXX_OPTIONS WINDOWS_COMMAND "${OpenMP_CXX_FLAGS}")
     else()