diff --git a/multimedia/smpeg/Makefile b/multimedia/smpeg/Makefile
index c6652510a7cb..5a031bcebe42 100644
--- a/multimedia/smpeg/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/smpeg/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PORTNAME=	smpeg
 PORTVERSION=	0.4.4
-PORTREVISION=	16
+PORTREVISION=	17
 CATEGORIES=	multimedia
 MASTER_SITES=	GENTOO
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ENV=	GLBASE="${LOCALBASE}" \
-		CC="${CXX}" REAL_CC="${CC}" \
+		CC="${CC}" CXX="${CXX} -std=gnu++98" \
 		SDL_CONFIG="${SDL_CONFIG}"
 #If you want to try the opengl/gtk player (which doesn't seem to work)
 #comment out the following line.
diff --git a/multimedia/smpeg/files/patch-configure b/multimedia/smpeg/files/patch-configure
index d50e0a35b262..a433c14ea052 100644
--- a/multimedia/smpeg/files/patch-configure
+++ b/multimedia/smpeg/files/patch-configure
@@ -9,11 +9,3 @@
  EOF
  if { (eval echo configure:1061: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext}; then
    ac_cv_prog_cc_works=yes
-@@ -2335,6 +2332,7 @@ rm -f conftest*
- 
- CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $SDL_CFLAGS"
- LIBS="$LIBS $SDL_LIBS"
-+CC="$REAL_CC"
- 
- echo $ac_n "checking for sqrt in -lm""... $ac_c" 1>&6
- echo "configure:2341: checking for sqrt in -lm" >&5