diff --git a/Installation/cmake/modules/CGAL_SetupCGAL_CoreDependencies.cmake b/Installation/cmake/modules/CGAL_SetupCGAL_CoreDependencies.cmake
index e22308e0025..f5c7c4945b7 100644
--- a/Installation/cmake/modules/CGAL_SetupCGAL_CoreDependencies.cmake
+++ b/Installation/cmake/modules/CGAL_SetupCGAL_CoreDependencies.cmake
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ function(CGAL_setup_CGAL_Core_dependencies target)
   target_link_libraries( CGAL_Core ${keyword} CGAL::CGAL )
 
   # See the release notes of CGAL-4.10: CGAL_Core now requires
-  # Boost.Thread, with all compilers but MSVC.
-  if (NOT MSVC)
+  # Boost.Thread, with GNU G++.
+  if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL GNU)
     if(TARGET Boost::thread)
       target_link_libraries( CGAL_Core ${keyword} Boost::thread)
     else()