diff --git a/src/coreclr/debug/debug-pal/CMakeLists.txt b/src/coreclr/debug/debug-pal/CMakeLists.txt
index f7d036af5792bc4501e9c15bf55dd8956fcbe6d9..da51b34fdf6d8bf16009b0d28ec02aa2b4f4091f 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/debug/debug-pal/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/coreclr/debug/debug-pal/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,11 @@ if(CLR_CMAKE_HOST_UNIX)
 
     set (EVENTPIPE_PAL_SOURCES "${SHARED_EVENTPIPE_DIR}/ds-ipc-posix.c")
     set_source_files_properties(${EVENTPIPE_PAL_SOURCES} PROPERTIES LANGUAGE CXX)
-    set_source_files_properties(${EVENTPIPE_PAL_SOURCES} PROPERTIES COMPILE_OPTIONS -xc++)
+    if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 3.11 OR CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL 3.11)
+        set_source_files_properties(${EVENTPIPE_PAL_SOURCES} PROPERTIES COMPILE_OPTIONS -xc++)
+    else(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 3.11 OR CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL 3.11)
+        add_compile_options(-xc++)
+    endif()
 
     set(TWO_WAY_PIPE_SOURCES
       ${EVENTPIPE_PAL_SOURCES}
diff --git a/src/coreclr/vm/eventing/eventpipe/CMakeLists.txt b/src/coreclr/vm/eventing/eventpipe/CMakeLists.txt
index 6c2052bb5ea3900887fb7310fb9ed2194f1c52e7..3b03605aece06fdd2d72970077bdf87088f74c81 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/vm/eventing/eventpipe/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/coreclr/vm/eventing/eventpipe/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ set_source_files_properties(${SHARED_EVENTPIPE_SOURCE_PATH}/ds-sources.c PROPERT
 set_source_files_properties(${EVENTPIPE_SOURCES} PROPERTIES LANGUAGE CXX)
 
 if(CLR_CMAKE_HOST_UNIX)
-  set_source_files_properties(${EVENTPIPE_SOURCES} PROPERTIES COMPILE_OPTIONS -xc++)
+  if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 3.11 OR CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL 3.11)
+    set_source_files_properties(${EVENTPIPE_SOURCES} PROPERTIES COMPILE_OPTIONS -xc++)
+  else(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 3.11 OR CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL 3.11)
+    add_compile_options(-xc++)
+  endif()
 endif(CLR_CMAKE_HOST_UNIX)
 
 list(APPEND CORECLR_EVENTPIPE_SHIM_SOURCES