diff --git a/cmake/FindGoogleHash.cmake b/cmake/FindGoogleHash.cmake
index 767996b41..f6a81a02c 100644
--- a/cmake/FindGoogleHash.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindGoogleHash.cmake
@@ -10,7 +10,14 @@ find_path(GOOGLEHASH_INCLUDES
   ${INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR}
 )
 
+if(GOOGLEHASH_INCLUDES)
+  # let's make sure it compiles with the current compiler
+  file(WRITE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/googlehash_test.cpp
+  "#include <google/sparse_hash_map>\n#include <google/dense_hash_map>\nint main(int argc, char** argv) { google::dense_hash_map<int,float> a; google::sparse_hash_map<int,float> b; return 0;}\n")
+  try_compile(GOOGLEHASH_COMPILE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/googlehash_test.cpp OUTPUT_VARIABLE GOOGLEHASH_COMPILE_RESULT)
+endif(GOOGLEHASH_INCLUDES)
+
 include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
-find_package_handle_standard_args(GOOGLEHASH DEFAULT_MSG GOOGLEHASH_INCLUDES)
+find_package_handle_standard_args(GOOGLEHASH DEFAULT_MSG GOOGLEHASH_INCLUDES GOOGLEHASH_COMPILE)
 
 mark_as_advanced(GOOGLEHASH_INCLUDES)