diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 05f1e06a03..16394aa7d8 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ HAIKU_RANLIB				?= ${HAIKU_RANLIB} ;
 HAIKU_YASM					?= ${HAIKU_YASM} ;
 HAIKU_CPPFLAGS				?= ${HAIKU_CPPFLAGS} ;
 HAIKU_CCFLAGS				?= ${HAIKU_CCFLAGS} ;
-HAIKU_CXXFLAGS				?= ${HAIKU_CXXFLAGS} ;
+HAIKU_C++FLAGS				?= ${HAIKU_CXXFLAGS} ;
 HAIKU_LDFLAGS				?= ${HAIKU_LDFLAGS} ;
 HAIKU_ARFLAGS				?= ${HAIKU_ARFLAGS} ;
 HAIKU_UNARFLAGS				?= ${HAIKU_UNARFLAGS} ;