diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index bfb1827d7c5e..c0772c33f6e5 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -489,6 +489,22 @@ if (onnxruntime_BUILD_CSHARP)
   endif()
 endif()
 
+if (onnxruntime_BUILD_OBJC)
+  check_language(OBJC)
+  if(CMAKE_OBJC_COMPILER)
+      enable_language(OBJC)
+  else()
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "Objective-C is not supported.")
+  endif()
+
+  check_language(OBJCXX)
+  if(CMAKE_OBJCXX_COMPILER)
+      enable_language(OBJCXX)
+  else()
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "Objective-C++ is not supported.")
+  endif()
+endif()
+
 if (NOT WIN32)
   #TODO: On Linux we may try https://github.com/microsoft/TraceLogging.git
   if (onnxruntime_ENABLE_INSTRUMENT)
diff --git a/cmake/onnxruntime_objectivec.cmake b/cmake/onnxruntime_objectivec.cmake
index 4be2f51a96eb..7c9831f0194d 100644
--- a/cmake/onnxruntime_objectivec.cmake
+++ b/cmake/onnxruntime_objectivec.cmake
@@ -9,20 +9,6 @@ if(NOT onnxruntime_BUILD_SHARED_LIB)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "The Objective-C API requires onnxruntime_BUILD_SHARED_LIB to be enabled.")
 endif()
 
-check_language(OBJC)
-if(CMAKE_OBJC_COMPILER)
-    enable_language(OBJC)
-else()
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Objective-C is not supported.")
-endif()
-
-check_language(OBJCXX)
-if(CMAKE_OBJCXX_COMPILER)
-    enable_language(OBJCXX)
-else()
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Objective-C++ is not supported.")
-endif()
-
 add_compile_options(
     "$<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:OBJC,OBJCXX>:-Wall>"
     "$<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:OBJC,OBJCXX>:-Wextra>")