diff --git a/nc_cxx.cmake b/nc_cxx.cmake
index b2da366..49a6e66 100644
--- a/nc_cxx.cmake
+++ b/nc_cxx.cmake
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ append_compile_flag ("/std:c++latest")
 
 
 ###############################################################################
-# find the gcc experimental filesystem library and append to libs if needed
+# find the gcc or clang filesystem library and append to libs if needed
 #
 # note, we specifically _cannot_ use find_library because it just makes wild
 # hardcoded guess and doesn't respect _all_ the system paths; specifically
 # something like /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/6.3.0/libstdc++.so won't get
 # discovered.
 if (NOT DEFINED __nc_cxx_stdcxxfs)
-    foreach(lib "" stdc++fs)
+    foreach(lib "" c++experimental stdc++fs)
         if (NOT __nc_cxx_stdcxxfs)
             try_compile(
                 __nc_cxx_stdcxxfs ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}