--- a/src/lib/Makefile
+++ b/src/lib/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
# no effort whatsoever to maintain any kind of ABI compat in this lib. Only
# programs or modules from the same Recoll release can be compatible.
$(LIBRECOLL): $(DEPS) $(OBJS)
- g++ -shared -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,--warn-unresolved-symbols -Wl,-soname=$(LIBRECOLL) -o $(LIBRECOLL) $(OBJS) $(LIBXAPIAN) $(LIBICONV) $(X_LIBX11) $(LIBSYS)
+ $(CXX) -shared -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,--warn-unresolved-symbols -Wl,-soname=$(LIBRECOLL) -o $(LIBRECOLL) $(OBJS) $(LIBXAPIAN) $(LIBICONV) $(X_LIBX11) $(LIBSYS)
rm -f librecoll.so
ln -s $(LIBRECOLL) librecoll.so