diff --git a/extras/Build/CMake/JUCEUtils.cmake b/extras/Build/CMake/JUCEUtils.cmake
index 16fb97fb38..87771fd63c 100644
--- a/extras/Build/CMake/JUCEUtils.cmake
+++ b/extras/Build/CMake/JUCEUtils.cmake
@@ -997,6 +997,10 @@ function(_juce_add_vst3_manifest_helper_target)
     set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
     find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
     target_link_libraries(juce_vst3_helper PRIVATE Threads::Threads ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} juce_recommended_config_flags)
+
+    if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU" AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 9)
+        target_link_libraries(juce_vst3_helper PRIVATE stdc++fs)
+    endif()
 endfunction()
 
 function(juce_enable_vst3_manifest_step shared_code_target)