diff --git a/tests/gtest/cmake/internal_utils.cmake b/tests/gtest/cmake/internal_utils.cmake
index 364db5970..aaa592e05 100644
--- a/tests/gtest/cmake/internal_utils.cmake
+++ b/tests/gtest/cmake/internal_utils.cmake
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ macro(config_compiler_and_linker)
     set(cxx_no_rtti_flags "-fno-rtti -DGTEST_HAS_RTTI=0")
     set(cxx_strict_flags
       "-Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-missing-field-initializers")
+  elseif (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
+    set(cxx_base_flags "-Wall -Wshadow -fPIC")
+    set(cxx_exception_flags "-fexceptions")
+    set(cxx_no_exception_flags "-fno-exceptions")
   elseif (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "SunPro")
     set(cxx_exception_flags "-features=except")
     # Sun Pro doesn't provide macros to indicate whether exceptions and