diff --git a/cmake/build_helpers.cmake b/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
index edaf5164d..c545408c3 100644
--- a/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
@@ -324,15 +324,18 @@ function(detectBadClone)
     endforeach ()
 endfunction()
 
-set(IMHEX_REQUIRED_COMPILER "GNU")
 set(IMHEX_MIN_COMPILER_VERSION "12.0.0")
 function(verifyCompiler)
     if (IMHEX_IGNORE_BAD_COMPILER)
         return()
     endif()
 
-    if (NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL ${IMHEX_REQUIRED_COMPILER} OR CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS ${IMHEX_MIN_COMPILER_VERSION})
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "ImHex requires GCC ${IMHEX_MIN_COMPILER_VERSION} or newer. Please use the latest GCC version.")
+    if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU" AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS "12.0.0")
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "ImHex requires GCC 12.0.0 or newer. Please use the latest GCC version.")
+    elseif (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang" AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS "14.0.0")
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "ImHex requires Clang 14.0.0 or newer. Please use the latest Clang version.")
+    elseif (NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU" AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "ImHex can only be compiled with GCC or Clang. ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} is not supported.")
     endif()
 endfunction()