diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e5a1bf1c5..2bd82fc83 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if(ESP_PLATFORM)
   return()
 endif()
 
-project (iwasm)
+project (iwasm LANGUAGES C)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 
diff --git a/core/iwasm/compilation/iwasm_compl.cmake b/core/iwasm/compilation/iwasm_compl.cmake
index 4ec460304..77925d62d 100644
--- a/core/iwasm/compilation/iwasm_compl.cmake
+++ b/core/iwasm/compilation/iwasm_compl.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 set (IWASM_COMPL_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
 
 include_directories(${IWASM_COMPL_DIR})
+enable_language(CXX)
 
 if (WAMR_BUILD_DEBUG_AOT EQUAL 1)
     file (GLOB_RECURSE source_all
diff --git a/core/iwasm/fast-jit/iwasm_fast_jit.cmake b/core/iwasm/fast-jit/iwasm_fast_jit.cmake
index cd880a34b..c5012bd36 100644
--- a/core/iwasm/fast-jit/iwasm_fast_jit.cmake
+++ b/core/iwasm/fast-jit/iwasm_fast_jit.cmake
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ if (WAMR_BUILD_FAST_JIT_DUMP EQUAL 1)
 endif ()
 
 include_directories (${IWASM_FAST_JIT_DIR})
+enable_language(CXX)
 
 if (WAMR_BUILD_TARGET STREQUAL "X86_64" OR WAMR_BUILD_TARGET STREQUAL "AMD_64")
     include(FetchContent)
diff --git a/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/cmake/wasi_nn.cmake b/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/cmake/wasi_nn.cmake
index a903f0af1..c6deab6fc 100644
--- a/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/cmake/wasi_nn.cmake
+++ b/core/iwasm/libraries/wasi-nn/cmake/wasi_nn.cmake
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ add_compile_definitions(
 # - tflite
 if(WAMR_BUILD_WASI_NN_TFLITE EQUAL 1)
   find_package(tensorflow_lite REQUIRED)
+  enable_language(CXX)
 
   add_library(
     wasi_nn_tflite
diff --git a/core/shared/platform/windows/shared_platform.cmake b/core/shared/platform/windows/shared_platform.cmake
index c2d74463f..7a3331eff 100644
--- a/core/shared/platform/windows/shared_platform.cmake
+++ b/core/shared/platform/windows/shared_platform.cmake
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ set (PLATFORM_SHARED_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
 add_definitions(-DBH_PLATFORM_WINDOWS)
 add_definitions(-DHAVE_STRUCT_TIMESPEC)
 add_definitions(-D_WINSOCK_DEPRECATED_NO_WARNINGS)
+enable_language(CXX)
 
 include_directories(${PLATFORM_SHARED_DIR})
 include_directories(${PLATFORM_SHARED_DIR}/../include)