diff --git a/devel/gmake/files/patch-default.c b/devel/gmake/files/patch-default.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..44588ced1af7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/gmake/files/patch-default.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- default.c.orig	2015-05-13 16:16:24 UTC
++++ default.c
+@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ static const char *default_variables[] =
+     "OBJC", "gcc",
+ #else
+     "CC", "cc",
+-    "CXX", "g++",
++    "CXX", "c++",
+     "OBJC", "cc",
+ #endif
+