diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 2d4855b2bc..f2af0247ef 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -392,7 +392,11 @@ if(OCCT_STATIC)
     else()
         # OPENCASCADE_LIBRARIES repeated N times below in order to fix cyclic dependencies - use --start-group ... --end-group instead?
         # tfk: --start-group ... --end-group didn't work on the apple linker when last tested
-        set(OPENCASCADE_LIBRARIES ${OPENCASCADE_LIBRARIES} ${OPENCASCADE_LIBRARIES} ${OPENCASCADE_LIBRARIES} ${OPENCASCADE_LIBRARIES} ${OPENCASCADE_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+	if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
+		set(OPENCASCADE_LIBRARIES -Wl,--start-group ${OPENCASCADE_LIBRARIES} -Wl,--end-group)
+	else()
+	        set(OPENCASCADE_LIBRARIES ${OPENCASCADE_LIBRARIES} ${OPENCASCADE_LIBRARIES} ${OPENCASCADE_LIBRARIES} ${OPENCASCADE_LIBRARIES} ${OPENCASCADE_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+	endif()
     endif()
     
     if (NOT APPLE AND NOT WIN32)