diff --git a/cmake/modules/SearchInstalledSoftware.cmake b/cmake/modules/SearchInstalledSoftware.cmake
index 40175ab1ed194..2c2f0532a89d0 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/SearchInstalledSoftware.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/SearchInstalledSoftware.cmake
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 # For the list of contributors see $ROOTSYS/README/CREDITS.
 
 #---Check for installed packages depending on the build options/components enabled --
+include(CheckCXXSourceCompiles)
 include(ExternalProject)
 include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
 
@@ -1238,6 +1239,25 @@ if(imt AND NOT builtin_tbb)
       set(builtin_tbb ON CACHE BOOL "Enabled because imt is enabled, but TBB was not found" FORCE)
     endif()
   endif()
+
+  # Check that the found TBB does not use captured exceptions.
+  if(TBB_FOUND)
+    set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES "${TBB_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
+    check_cxx_source_compiles("
+#include <tbb/tbb_config.h>
+#if TBB_USE_CAPTURED_EXCEPTION == 1
+#error TBB uses tbb::captured_exception, not suitable for ROOT!
+#endif
+int main() { return 0; }" tbb_exception_result)
+    if(NOT tbb_exception_result)
+      if(fail-on-missing)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Found TBB uses tbb::captured_exception, not suitable for ROOT!")
+      endif()
+      message(STATUS "Found TBB uses tbb::captured_exception, enabling 'builtin_tbb' option")
+      set(builtin_tbb ON CACHE BOOL "Enabled because imt is enabled and found TBB is not suitable" FORCE)
+    endif()
+  endif()
+
   set(TBB_CXXFLAGS "-DTBB_SUPPRESS_DEPRECATED_MESSAGES=1")
 endif()
 
@@ -1891,7 +1911,6 @@ endif()
 # using atomic operations without the help of a library. Only if it can't do we start
 # looking for libatomic for the build.
 #
-include(CheckCXXSourceCompiles)
 check_cxx_source_compiles("
 #include <atomic>
 #include <cstdint>
diff --git a/core/imt/src/RTaskArena.cxx b/core/imt/src/RTaskArena.cxx
index ecde842daf503..7cec618cbb29a 100644
--- a/core/imt/src/RTaskArena.cxx
+++ b/core/imt/src/RTaskArena.cxx
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+// Require TBB without captured exceptions
+#define TBB_USE_CAPTURED_EXCEPTION 0
+#include "tbb/tbb_config.h"
+
 #include "ROOT/RTaskArena.hxx"
 #include "ROpaqueTaskArena.hxx"
 #include "TError.h"
diff --git a/core/imt/src/TThreadExecutor.cxx b/core/imt/src/TThreadExecutor.cxx
index 49f095143534b..98b8135903906 100644
--- a/core/imt/src/TThreadExecutor.cxx
+++ b/core/imt/src/TThreadExecutor.cxx
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+// Require TBB without captured exceptions
+#define TBB_USE_CAPTURED_EXCEPTION 0
+#include "tbb/tbb_config.h"
+
 #include "ROOT/TThreadExecutor.hxx"
 #include "ROpaqueTaskArena.hxx"
 #if !defined(_MSC_VER)