diff --git a/docs/CONTRIBUTORS b/docs/CONTRIBUTORS
index dedbf3726..7c70a0722 100644
--- a/docs/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/docs/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Patrick Stewart
 Peter Monsson
 Philipp Wagner
 Pieter Kapsenberg
+Qingyao Sun
 Richard Myers
 Sean Cross
 Sebastien Van Cauwenberghe
diff --git a/verilator-config.cmake.in b/verilator-config.cmake.in
index 458b74c49..50edfdcd9 100644
--- a/verilator-config.cmake.in
+++ b/verilator-config.cmake.in
@@ -163,7 +163,9 @@ function(verilate TARGET)
   endforeach()
 
   string(TOLOWER ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} COMPILER)
-  if (NOT COMPILER MATCHES "msvc|clang")
+  if (COMPILER STREQUAL "appleclang")
+    set(COMPILER clang)
+  elseif (NOT COMPILER MATCHES "^msvc$|^clang$")
     set(COMPILER gcc)
   endif()