diff --git a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCCompiler.cmake b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCCompiler.cmake
index 8be781a..037c33b 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCCompiler.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCCompiler.cmake
@@ -124,6 +124,22 @@
   elseif(CMAKE_C_PLATFORM_ID MATCHES "Cygwin")
     set(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_CYGWIN 1)
   endif()
+else()
+  if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_C_COMPILER_FRONTEND_VARIANT)
+    # Some toolchain files set our internal CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID_RUN
+    # variable but are not aware of CMAKE_C_COMPILER_FRONTEND_VARIANT.
+    # They pre-date our support for the GNU-like variant targeting the
+    # MSVC ABI so we do not consider that here.
+    if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
+      if("x${CMAKE_C_SIMULATE_ID}" STREQUAL "xMSVC")
+        set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_FRONTEND_VARIANT "MSVC")
+      else()
+        set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_FRONTEND_VARIANT "GNU")
+      endif()
+    else()
+      set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_FRONTEND_VARIANT "")
+    endif()
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 if (NOT _CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_LOCATION)
diff --git a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCXXCompiler.cmake b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCXXCompiler.cmake
index 00ef5b9..7274eec 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCXXCompiler.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCXXCompiler.cmake
@@ -119,6 +119,22 @@
   elseif(CMAKE_CXX_PLATFORM_ID MATCHES "Cygwin")
     set(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_CYGWIN 1)
   endif()
+else()
+  if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_FRONTEND_VARIANT)
+    # Some toolchain files set our internal CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID_RUN
+    # variable but are not aware of CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_FRONTEND_VARIANT.
+    # They pre-date our support for the GNU-like variant targeting the
+    # MSVC ABI so we do not consider that here.
+    if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
+      if("x${CMAKE_CXX_SIMULATE_ID}" STREQUAL "xMSVC")
+        set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_FRONTEND_VARIANT "MSVC")
+      else()
+        set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_FRONTEND_VARIANT "GNU")
+      endif()
+    else()
+      set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_FRONTEND_VARIANT "")
+    endif()
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 if (NOT _CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_LOCATION)