diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index 8eef7e6..48c4821 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
     n.variable('configure_env', config_str + '$ ')
 n.newline()
 
-CXX = configure_env.get('CXX', 'g++')
+CXX = configure_env.get('CXX', 'c++')
 objext = '.o'
 if platform.is_msvc():
     CXX = 'cl'