diff --git a/src/libhictk/balancing/include/hictk/balancing/sparse_matrix.hpp b/src/libhictk/balancing/include/hictk/balancing/sparse_matrix.hpp
index 8d25aa23..4c07b16c 100644
--- a/src/libhictk/balancing/include/hictk/balancing/sparse_matrix.hpp
+++ b/src/libhictk/balancing/include/hictk/balancing/sparse_matrix.hpp
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ class SparseMatrixChunked {
   SparseMatrixChunked(const SparseMatrixChunked& other) = delete;
 #if defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(__clang__) && __GNUC__ < 10
   SparseMatrixChunked(SparseMatrixChunked&& other) = default;
+#elif defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__clang__) && __clang__ < 9
+  SparseMatrixChunked(SparseMatrixChunked&& other) = default;
 #else
   SparseMatrixChunked(SparseMatrixChunked&& other) noexcept = default;
 #endif