diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 503a5cc9be..fd08532b0b 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1038,8 +1038,15 @@ endforeach()
 
 set(IFCPARSE_FILES ${IFCPARSE_CPP_FILES} ${IFCPARSE_H_FILES})
 
+if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
+    if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 9.0)
+        message(STATUS "GCC < 9 detected, linking stdc++fs explicitly")
+        set(STDCPPFS stdc++fs)
+    endif()
+endif()
+
 add_library(IfcParse ${IFCPARSE_FILES})
-target_link_libraries(IfcParse ${ROCKSDB_LIBRARY} ${RPCRT_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(IfcParse ${ROCKSDB_LIBRARY} ${RPCRT_LIBRARIES} ${STDCPPFS})
 set_target_properties(IfcParse PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS -DIFC_PARSE_EXPORTS VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION}" SOVERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}")
 
 if(WASM_BUILD)