diff --git a/src/common/common.cmake b/src/common/common.cmake
index 671973579f0bb..d4ba3624d3635 100644
--- a/src/common/common.cmake
+++ b/src/common/common.cmake
@@ -17,4 +17,8 @@ set(common_SOURCES
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/syncfilestatus.cpp
 )
 
+if(APPLE)
+    list(APPEND common_SOURCES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/utility_mac.mm)
+endif()
+
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/vfspluginmetadata.json.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/vfspluginmetadata.json)
diff --git a/src/common/utility.cpp b/src/common/utility.cpp
index 607bb0414ec7c..64279b1312cf6 100644
--- a/src/common/utility.cpp
+++ b/src/common/utility.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 #if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
 #include "utility_win.cpp"
 #elif defined(Q_OS_MAC)
-#include "utility_mac.cpp"
+#include "utility_mac.mm"
 #else
 #include "utility_unix.cpp"
 #endif
diff --git a/src/common/utility_mac.cpp b/src/common/utility_mac.mm
similarity index 100%
rename from src/common/utility_mac.cpp
rename to src/common/utility_mac.mm