diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4e35ba74d..d126479c8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ CAIRO_ENABLE_SURFACE_BACKEND(qt, Qt, no, [
 		    [qt_REQUIRES=""
 		     use_qt="no (requires Qt4 development libraries)"
 		     ])
+  qt_NONPKGCONFIG_LIBS="-lstdc++"
 ])
 
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