diff --git a/src/sbbs3/GNUmakefile b/src/sbbs3/GNUmakefile
index d736925c17db645b750e637388ee123c48960673..d88afe613f3c0e173477c77cea00b321780c2549 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/GNUmakefile
+++ b/src/sbbs3/GNUmakefile
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ $(SERVICES): $(SERVICE_OBJS)
 # Synchronet Console Build Rule
 $(SBBSCON): $(CON_OBJS) $(SBBS) $(FTPSRVR) $(WEBSRVR) $(MAILSRVR) $(SERVICES)
 	@echo Linking $@
-	$(QUIET)$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(MT_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(CON_OBJS) $(CON_LIBS) $(SMBLIB_LIBS) $(XPDEV-MT_LIBS)
+	$(QUIET)$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(MT_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(CON_OBJS) $(CON_LIBS) $(SMBLIB_LIBS) $(XPDEV-MT_LIBS)
 
 # Baja Utility
 $(BAJA): $(BAJA_OBJS)