diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/xorg-app/xrdb_1.2.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/xorg-app/xrdb_1.2.1.bb
index a8c5b3d0a4..20fdea1a54 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/xorg-app/xrdb_1.2.1.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/xorg-app/xrdb_1.2.1.bb
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d1167c4f586bd41f0c62166db4384a69"
 DEPENDS += "libxmu"
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "4f5d031c214ffb88a42ae7528492abde1178f5146351ceb3c05f3b8d5abee8b4"
+
+EXTRA_OECONF += "--with-cpp=${bindir}/cpp"