diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 6b009a5ee22..1444b82ae2e 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -768,6 +768,11 @@ AC_DEFUN([PHP_REQUIRE_CXX],[
   if test -z "$php_cxx_done"; then
     AC_PROG_CXX
     AC_PROG_CXXCPP
+    case $host_alias in
+      *darwin*)
+        PHP_ADD_LIBRARY(stdc++)
+      ;;
+    esac
     php_cxx_done=yes
   fi
 ])