diff --git a/include/curl/curl.h b/include/curl/curl.h
index 16f772a2b2..fd20d48f5f 100644
--- a/include/curl/curl.h
+++ b/include/curl/curl.h
@@ -3319,7 +3319,7 @@ CURL_EXTERN CURLcode curl_easy_ssls_export(CURL *handle,
 /* the typechecker does not work in C++ (yet) */
 #if ((defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__GNUC_MINOR__) && \
       ((__GNUC__ > 4) || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 3))) || \
-     defined(__clang__)) && \
+    (defined(__clang__) && __clang_major__ >= 14)) && \
     !defined(__cplusplus) && !defined(CURL_DISABLE_TYPECHECK)
 #include "typecheck-gcc.h"
 #else