diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 57c5765eacc..2ff9866d7d1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -304,6 +304,24 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT HAIKU)
   endif()
 endif()
 
+include(CheckCXXSourceCompiles)
+
+if(UNIX OR APPLE)
+  # Some systems require the __STDC_FORMAT_MACROS macro to be defined
+  # to get the fixed-width integer type formatter macros.
+  check_cxx_source_compiles("#include <inttypes.h>
+  #include <cstdio>
+  int main()
+  {
+    int64_t i64{};
+    std::printf(\"%\" PRId64, i64);
+  }"
+  HAVE_STDC_FORMAT_MACROS)
+  if(NOT HAVE_STDC_FORMAT_MACROS)
+    add_definitions(-D__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS)
+  endif()
+endif()
+
 # configure ccache if requested
 include(cmake/ccache.cmake)
 
diff --git a/templates/CMakeLists.txt.template b/templates/CMakeLists.txt.template
index 034497df7fb..f274da5442a 100644
--- a/templates/CMakeLists.txt.template
+++ b/templates/CMakeLists.txt.template
@@ -427,6 +427,24 @@
     endif()
   endif()
 
+  include(CheckCXXSourceCompiles)
+
+  if(UNIX OR APPLE)
+    # Some systems require the __STDC_FORMAT_MACROS macro to be defined
+    # to get the fixed-width integer type formatter macros.
+    check_cxx_source_compiles("#include <inttypes.h>
+    #include <cstdio>
+    int main()
+    {
+      int64_t i64{};
+      std::printf(\"%\" PRId64, i64);
+    }"
+    HAVE_STDC_FORMAT_MACROS)
+    if(NOT HAVE_STDC_FORMAT_MACROS)
+      add_definitions(-D__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS)
+    endif()
+  endif()
+
   # configure ccache if requested
   include(cmake/ccache.cmake)