--- a/src/codegen.cpp
+++ b/src/codegen.cpp
@@ -9278,20 +9278,6 @@ void add_cc_args(CodeGen *g, ZigList<const char *> &args, const char *out_dep_pa
         args.append(g->framework_dirs.at(i));
     }
 
-    if (g->libcpp_link_lib != nullptr) {
-        const char *libcxx_include_path = buf_ptr(buf_sprintf("%s" OS_SEP "libcxx" OS_SEP "include",
-                buf_ptr(g->zig_lib_dir)));
-
-        args.append("-isystem");
-        args.append(libcxx_include_path);
-
-        if (target_abi_is_musl(g->zig_target->abi)) {
-            args.append("-D_LIBCPP_HAS_MUSL_LIBC");
-        }
-        args.append("-D_LIBCPP_DISABLE_VISIBILITY_ANNOTATIONS");
-        args.append("-D_LIBCXXABI_DISABLE_VISIBILITY_ANNOTATIONS");
-    }
-
     args.append("-target");
     args.append(buf_ptr(&g->llvm_triple_str));
 
@@ -9342,6 +9328,21 @@ void add_cc_args(CodeGen *g, ZigList<const char *> &args, const char *out_dep_pa
         case FileExtUnknown:
             break;
     }
+
+    if (g->libcpp_link_lib != nullptr) {
+        const char *libcxx_include_path = buf_ptr(buf_sprintf("%s" OS_SEP "libcxx" OS_SEP "include",
+                buf_ptr(g->zig_lib_dir)));
+
+        args.append("-isystem");
+        args.append(libcxx_include_path);
+
+        if (target_abi_is_musl(g->zig_target->abi)) {
+            args.append("-D_LIBCPP_HAS_MUSL_LIBC");
+        }
+        args.append("-D_LIBCPP_DISABLE_VISIBILITY_ANNOTATIONS");
+        args.append("-D_LIBCXXABI_DISABLE_VISIBILITY_ANNOTATIONS");
+    }
+
     for (size_t i = 0; i < g->zig_target->llvm_cpu_features_asm_len; i += 1) {
         args.append(g->zig_target->llvm_cpu_features_asm_ptr[i]);
     }