diff --git a/3rdp/build/GNUmakefile b/3rdp/build/GNUmakefile
index 98dc492d6805c89468c342c08fa11dc0f2facdbd..46918a7f18f8296db894ff9020437ac7512ac69b 100644
--- a/3rdp/build/GNUmakefile
+++ b/3rdp/build/GNUmakefile
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ ifdef DEBUG
 else
  JS_CONFIGURE_ARGS += --enable-optimize=-O3
 endif
+JS_CONFIGURE_ENV += 'CXXFLAGS=-std=gnu++98'
 ifeq ($(shell perl -e 'print "$(machine)"=~/\.arm/?"YES":"NO"'),YES)
  ifeq ($(shell perl -e 'print "$(machine)"=~/\.armv[1-6]/?"YES":"NO"'),YES)
   JS_CONFIGURE_ARGS += --with-cpu-arch=armv5te