diff --git a/libraries/vendor/rocksdb/CMakeLists.txt b/libraries/vendor/rocksdb/CMakeLists.txt
index d1ec65d762..20d876b874 100644
--- a/libraries/vendor/rocksdb/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libraries/vendor/rocksdb/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -260,7 +260,10 @@ if(FAIL_ON_WARNINGS)
   if(MSVC)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /WX")
   else() # assume GCC
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Werror -Wno-error=shadow -Wno-error=defaulted-function-deleted")
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Werror -Wno-error=shadow")
+    if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
+      set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wno-error=defaulted-function-deleted")
+    endif()
   endif()
 endif()