diff --git a/srcpkgs/gptfdisk/template b/srcpkgs/gptfdisk/template
index 01a3ad0c7f..f454c04ea9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gptfdisk/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gptfdisk/template
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=39e61d9f3701e95db1bcb83ce8fb211b22f33548e3c75b17f22067c6968e91e3
 
 do_build() {
-	make ${makejobs}
+	make CXX="$CXX" ${makejobs}
 }
 
 do_install() {