diff --git a/compiler/extccomp.nim b/compiler/extccomp.nim
index 4b9e1c6feb..23f723e29f 100644
--- a/compiler/extccomp.nim
+++ b/compiler/extccomp.nim
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ proc linkViaResponseFile(conf: ConfigRef; cmd: string) =
   let linkerArgs = conf.projectName & "_" & "linkerArgs.txt"
   let args = cmd.substr(i)
   # GCC's response files don't support backslashes. Junk.
-  if conf.cCompiler == ccGcc:
+  if conf.cCompiler == ccGcc or conf.cCompiler == ccCLang:
     writeFile(linkerArgs, args.replace('\\', '/'))
   else:
     writeFile(linkerArgs, args)