diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c4d1542be..2f85a621e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2501,7 +2501,12 @@ if((CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU") AND NOT WIN32)
     endif()
     if(IS_ARM)
         if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "7.1.0")
-            add_compile_options(-faligned-new)
+            set(CXX_ALIGN_FLAG -faligned-new)
+            if(NOT (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "3.3"))
+                add_compile_options("$<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:${CXX_ALIGN_FLAG}>")
+            else()
+                add_compile_options("$<$<STREQUAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:LINKER_LANGUAGE>,CXX>:${CXX_ALIGN_FLAG}>")
+            endif()
         endif()
     endif()
 endif()