diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4f497d49f..aa630103e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -358,7 +358,6 @@ else()
       -Wno-unused-parameter
       -Wold-style-cast
       -Wimplicit-fallthrough
-      -Wextra-semi
       -fsigned-char
       -Wnon-virtual-dtor
 
@@ -381,6 +380,9 @@ else()
           -faligned-new 
           -Werror=implicit-fallthrough=2
         >
+        $<$<VERSION_GREATER:$<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION>,8.0>:
+          -Wextra-semi
+        >
       >
 
       $<$<BOOL:${FLATBUFFERS_CODE_COVERAGE}>: