diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 472000585..b4dd2b1eb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -320,7 +320,9 @@ endif()
 
 if(APPLE)
     if(SDL2IMAGE_BACKEND_IMAGEIO)
-        target_link_libraries(SDL2_image PRIVATE -Wl,-framework,ApplicationServices)
+        if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES ".*(Darwin|MacOS).*")
+            target_link_libraries(SDL2_image PRIVATE -Wl,-framework,ApplicationServices)
+        endif()
         target_link_libraries(SDL2_image PRIVATE objc)
         target_sources(SDL2_image PRIVATE
             src/IMG_ImageIO.m