diff --git a/Source/cmOrderLinkDirectories.cxx b/Source/cmOrderLinkDirectories.cxx
index a0feeae6c..f6a440d4e 100644
--- a/Source/cmOrderLinkDirectories.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmOrderLinkDirectories.cxx
@@ -259,6 +259,8 @@ bool cmOrderLinkDirectories::DetermineLibraryPathOrder()
   cmStdString file;
   std::vector<cmStdString> empty;
   bool framework = false;
+  // do not add a -F for the system frameworks
+  this->EmittedFrameworkPaths.insert("/System/Library/Frameworks");
   for(unsigned int i=0; i < this->RawLinkItems.size(); ++i)
     {
     if(cmSystemTools::FileIsFullPath(this->RawLinkItems[i].c_str()))