diff --git a/cmake/ToywasmConfig.cmake b/cmake/ToywasmConfig.cmake
index c11cfd0b..cea2fab4 100644
--- a/cmake/ToywasmConfig.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ToywasmConfig.cmake
@@ -317,11 +317,13 @@ set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE} -fomit-frame-pointer")
 #set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE} -Xclang -fmerge-functions")
 #set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE} -mllvm -mergefunc-use-aliases")
 
-if (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES "Debug")
+if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES "Debug")
+if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang" OR CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL GNU)
 # Note: Release build disables assertions and thus yields a lot of
 # used variables. We are not interested in fixing them.
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wno-unknown-warning-option -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -Wno-unused-variable -Wno-return-type")
 endif()
+endif()
 
 if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
 # https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ThreadSafetyAnalysis.html