diff --git a/srcpkgs/openobex/template b/srcpkgs/openobex/template
index 6b86b092f6d..c43f8a7cef9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/openobex/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/openobex/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'openobex'
 pkgname=openobex
 version=1.7.1
-revision=4
+revision=5
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version}-Source"
 build_style=cmake
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config cmake libxslt docbook-xsl"
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ checksum=3b264665d90901ea4ff720332ffb9b6d1d8f67187463d3a3279caddc7205ea57
 
 pre_configure() {
 	sed -i 's|MODE="660", GROUP="plugdev"|TAG+="uaccess"|' udev/openobex.rules.in
+	sed -i 's|^project ( openobex \(C.*\) )|project ( openobex \1 CXX )|' CMakeLists.txt
 }
 
 openobex-devel_package() {