diff --git a/Meta/CMake/utils.cmake b/Meta/CMake/utils.cmake
index 5670f18bc3..e139d69d14 100644
--- a/Meta/CMake/utils.cmake
+++ b/Meta/CMake/utils.cmake
@@ -47,8 +47,15 @@ function(serenity_libc target_name fs_name)
     add_library(${target_name} SHARED ${SOURCES})
     install(TARGETS ${target_name} DESTINATION usr/lib)
     set_target_properties(${target_name} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ${fs_name})
-    if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang$")
+    # Avoid creating a dependency cycle between system libraries and the C++ standard library. This is necessary
+    # to ensure that initialization functions will be called in the right order (libc++ must come after LibPthread).
+    if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
+        target_link_options(${target_name} PRIVATE -static-libstdc++)
+    elseif (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang$")
         target_link_libraries(${target_name} clang_rt.builtins)
+        # FIXME: Implement -static-libstdc++ in the next toolchain update.
+        target_link_options(${target_name} PRIVATE -nostdlib++ -Wl,-Bstatic -lc++ -Wl,-Bdynamic)
+        target_link_options(${target_name} PRIVATE -Wl,--no-dependent-libraries)
     endif()
     target_link_directories(LibC PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
     serenity_generated_sources(${target_name})
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibC/CMakeLists.txt b/Userland/Libraries/LibC/CMakeLists.txt
index 6df637cf86..746f25409b 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibC/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibC/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -123,10 +123,6 @@ add_custom_command(
 
 set(SOURCES ${LIBC_SOURCES} ${AK_SOURCES} ${ELF_SOURCES} ${ASM_SOURCES})
 
-if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -static-libstdc++")
-endif()
-
 # Prevent GCC from removing null checks by marking the `FILE*` argument non-null
 set_source_files_properties(stdio.cpp PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-fno-builtin-fputc -fno-builtin-fputs -fno-builtin-fwrite")