diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 389eb0c..f165861 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -111,6 +111,31 @@ elseif (UNIX)
   set(DISABLE_RTTI "-fno-rtti -fno-exceptions ")
 endif ()
 
+##--------
+#   - Added TBB_USE_GLIBCXX_VERSION macro to specify the version of GNU
+#     libstdc++ when it cannot be properly recognized, e.g. when used
+#     with Clang on Linux* OS. Inspired by a contribution from David A.
+if(NOT TBB_USE_GLIBCXX_VERSION AND UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
+  if ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "Clang")
+    # using Clang
+    string(REPLACE "." "0" TBB_USE_GLIBCXX_VERSION ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION})
+    message(STATUS "TBB_USE_GLIBCXX_VERSION:${TBB_USE_GLIBCXX_VERSION}:")
+
+  elseif ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "GNU")
+    # Do nothing using GCC
+  elseif ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "Intel")
+    # Do nothing when using Intel C++
+  elseif ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "MSVC")
+    # Do nothgin when using Visual Studio C++
+  endif()
+endif()
+if(TBB_USE_GLIBCXX_VERSION)
+   message(STATUS "ADDING: -DTBB_USE_GLIBCXX_VERSION=${TBB_USE_GLIBCXX_VERSION}")
+   add_definitions(-DTBB_USE_GLIBCXX_VERSION=${TBB_USE_GLIBCXX_VERSION})
+endif()
+
+##-------
+
 # Linker export definitions
 if (APPLE)
   set (ARCH_PREFIX "mac")