diff --git a/cmake/config.cmake b/cmake/config.cmake
index bc79209b..62abcf09 100644
--- a/cmake/config.cmake
+++ b/cmake/config.cmake
@@ -30,15 +30,19 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Darwin")
+    if(NOT CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET)
+        set(CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET "15.0")
+    endif()
     if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "AppleClang")
         if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS "15")
           message(FATAL_ERROR "Apple Clang 15 or newer is required.")
-        elseif(NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "16")
+        elseif(NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "16" AND CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET VERSION_LESS "13.3")
           # AppleClang 15 has issues with to_chars in <chrono> if target is too old
-          add_compile_options($<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:-mmacosx-version-min=13.3>)
+          set(CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET "13.3")
         endif()
         add_compile_options($<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:-fexperimental-library>)
     endif()
+    message(STATUS "macOS deployment target: ${CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET}")
 endif()
 
 if(WIN32)