diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fd4feb9c..a77ce9d1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ def prefix(directory, files):
 
 cpp11_kwargs = {
     'include_dirs': glob(blosc_dir + 'internal-complibs/snappy*'),
+    'extra_link_args': ['-lstdc++'],
     'define_macros': [('HAVE_SNAPPY', 1)],
     }