diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/svg/CMakeLists.txt b/src/osgPlugins/svg/CMakeLists.txt
index 97c3812ee..1d7b5265d 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/svg/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/svg/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ LINK_LIBRARIES(${RSVG_LIBRARIES} ${CAIRO_LIBRARIES})
 
 SET(TARGET_SRC ReaderWriterSVG.cpp )
 
-IF(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
+IF(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX OR ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL "Clang")
     # Remove -pedantic flag as it barfs on ffmoeg headers
    STRING(REGEX REPLACE "-pedantic" "" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
 ENDIF()