diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a5188e538..0baea1903 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ if(WINDOWS_STORE)
   sdl_compile_options(PRIVATE "-ZW")
 endif()
 
-check_linker_flag(C "-Wl,--version-script=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/dynapi/SDL_dynapi.sym" HAVE_WL_VERSION_SCRIPT)
+check_linker_supports_version_file(HAVE_WL_VERSION_SCRIPT)
 if(HAVE_WL_VERSION_SCRIPT)
   sdl_shared_link_options("-Wl,--version-script=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/dynapi/SDL_dynapi.sym")
 else()
diff --git a/cmake/macros.cmake b/cmake/macros.cmake
index 32fc9f1a1..de9680047 100644
--- a/cmake/macros.cmake
+++ b/cmake/macros.cmake
@@ -82,16 +82,25 @@ if(APPLE)
   enable_language(OBJC)
 endif()
 
+function(check_linker_supports_version_file VAR)
+  cmake_push_check_state()
+  file(WRITE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/dummy.sym" "n_0 {\n global:\n  func;\n local: *;\n};\n")
+  list(APPEND CMAKE_REQUIRED_LINK_OPTIONS "-Wl,--version-script=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/dummy.sym")
+  check_c_source_compiles("int func(void) {return 0;} int main(int argc,char*argv[]){(void)argc;(void)argv;return func();}" LINKER_SUPPORTS_VERSION_SCRIPT FAIL_REGEX "(unsupported|syntax error)")
+  cmake_pop_check_state()
+  set(${VAR} "${LINKER_SUPPORTS_VERSION_SCRIPT}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
+
 if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.18)
   function(check_linker_flag LANG FLAG VAR)
     cmake_push_check_state()
     list(APPEND CMAKE_REQUIRED_LINK_OPTIONS ${FLAG} )
     if(LANG STREQUAL "C")
       include(CheckCSourceCompiles)
-      check_c_source_compiles("int main(int argc,char*argv[]){(void)argc;(void)argv;return 0;}" ${VAR} FAIL_REGEX "warning")
+      check_c_source_compiles("int main(int argc,char*argv[]){(void)argc;(void)argv;return 0;}" ${VAR} FAIL_REGEX "(unsupported|syntax error)")
     elseif(LANG STREQUAL "CXX")
       include(CheckCXXSourceCompiles)
-      check_cxx_source_compiles("int main(int argc,char*argv[]){(void)argc;(void)argv;return 0;}" ${VAR} FAIL_REGEX "warning")
+      check_cxx_source_compiles("int main(int argc,char*argv[]){(void)argc;(void)argv;return 0;}" ${VAR} FAIL_REGEX "(unsupported|syntax error)")
     else()
       message(FATAL_ERROR "Unsupported language: ${LANG}")
     endif()