diff --git a/cmake/celix_project/CelixProject.cmake b/cmake/celix_project/CelixProject.cmake
index cec2ec133..e6f181887 100644
--- a/cmake/celix_project/CelixProject.cmake
+++ b/cmake/celix_project/CelixProject.cmake
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ if (ENABLE_GCC_ANALYZER)
             "-Wno-analyzer-use-of-uninitialized-value" 
             "-Wno-analyzer-fd-leak" 
             "-Wno-analyzer-shift-count-negative"
-        )  
-       add_compile_options(${ANALYZER_FLAGS})
-    else()  
+        )
+        add_compile_options("$<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:C>:${ANALYZER_FLAGS}>")
+    else()
         message(WARNING "ENABLE_GCC_ANALYZER is only supported with GCC ")  
     endif()  
 endif()