diff --git a/c++/src/CMakeLists.txt b/c++/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 0871123912..f3db4f21c9 100644
--- a/c++/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/c++/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -114,8 +114,12 @@ if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
   TARGET_C_PROPERTIES (${HDF5_CPP_LIBSH_TARGET} SHARED)
   target_link_libraries (${HDF5_CPP_LIBSH_TARGET}
       PUBLIC ${HDF5_LIBSH_TARGET}
-      PRIVATE "$<$<PLATFORM_ID:MinGW>:-static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -dynamic>"
   )
+  if (MINGW)
+    target_link_options (${HDF5_CPP_LIBSH_TARGET}
+        PUBLIC "-static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -dynamic>"
+    )
+  endif ()
   set_global_variable (HDF5_LIBRARIES_TO_EXPORT "${HDF5_LIBRARIES_TO_EXPORT};${HDF5_CPP_LIBSH_TARGET}")
   H5_SET_LIB_OPTIONS (${HDF5_CPP_LIBSH_TARGET} ${HDF5_CPP_LIB_NAME} SHARED "CXX")
   set_target_properties (${HDF5_CPP_LIBSH_TARGET} PROPERTIES FOLDER libraries/cpp)