diff --git a/srcpkgs/msp430-toolchain/template b/srcpkgs/msp430-toolchain/template
index 10f8d6b7fe4..dfba9ce1bf6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/msp430-toolchain/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/msp430-toolchain/template
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ do_configure() {
 	mkdir obj-msp
 	cd obj-msp
 
-	CFLAGS="-fcommon" \
+	CFLAGS="-fcommon" CXXFLAGS="-std=c++11" \
 		../sources/tools/configure \
 		--prefix=$_prefix \
 		--enable-languages=c \