diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 42640d0b3..9a701108c 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -126,14 +126,14 @@ find_package(Boost 1.56)
 function(pybind11_enable_warnings target_name)
   if(MSVC)
     target_compile_options(${target_name} PRIVATE /W4)
-  else()
+  elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "(GNU|Intel|Clang)")
       target_compile_options(${target_name} PRIVATE -Wall -Wextra -Wconversion -Wcast-qual -Wdeprecated)
   endif()
 
   if(PYBIND11_WERROR)
     if(MSVC)
       target_compile_options(${target_name} PRIVATE /WX)
-    else()
+    elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "(GNU|Intel|Clang)")
       target_compile_options(${target_name} PRIVATE -Werror)
     endif()
   endif()