diff --git a/examples/EmbedExternalUI/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/EmbedExternalUI/CMakeLists.txt
index f7720813..71e96579 100644
--- a/examples/EmbedExternalUI/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/EmbedExternalUI/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,5 +9,9 @@ dpf_add_plugin(d_embed_external_ui
   FILES_UI
     EmbedExternalExampleUI.cpp)
 
+if (APPLE)
+target_compile_options(d_embed_external_ui PUBLIC "-ObjC++")
+endif ()
+
 target_include_directories(
     d_embed_external_ui PUBLIC ".")