diff --git a/srcpkgs/zsnes/template b/srcpkgs/zsnes/template
index 78987d9d512..8a7fa1545a5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/zsnes/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/zsnes/template
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 # 32bit
 pkgname=zsnes
 version=1.51
-revision=4
+revision=5
 archs="i686"
 build_wrksrc="src"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="force_arch=i686"
 hostmakedepends="nasm pkg-config"
-makedepends="MesaLib-devel SDL-devel libpng-devel ncurses-devel"
+makedepends="MesaLib-devel sdl12-compat-devel libpng-devel ncurses-devel"
 depends="desktop-file-utils hicolor-icon-theme"
 short_desc="Super Nintendo emulator"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ checksum=2856dedba272e9eed66cbf68dd4a9ae56797c373686c57371a65c7df35264623
 lib32mode="full"
 
 CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+CXXFLAGS="-fcommon"
+
+do_configure() {
+	# The build system fails to honor -std=c++14 in CXXFLAGS,
+	# so we'll force it in the compiler executable name
+	CXX="${CXX} -std=c++14" ./configure ${configure_args}
+}
 
 post_install() {
 	vmkdir usr/share