diff --git a/lib/php/src/ext/thrift_protocol/config.m4 b/lib/php/src/ext/thrift_protocol/config.m4
index c54be3e..e2138c8 100644
--- a/lib/php/src/ext/thrift_protocol/config.m4
+++ b/lib/php/src/ext/thrift_protocol/config.m4
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 if test "$PHP_THRIFT_PROTOCOL" != "no"; then
   PHP_REQUIRE_CXX()
+  PHP_ADD_LIBRARY_WITH_PATH(stdc++, "", THRIFT_PROTOCOL_SHARED_LIBADD)
+  PHP_SUBST(THRIFT_PROTOCOL_SHARED_LIBADD)
   CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -std=c++11"
 
   PHP_NEW_EXTENSION(thrift_protocol, php_thrift_protocol.cpp, $ext_shared)