diff --git a/templates/gmp.tmpl b/templates/gmp.tmpl
index ef7004bfae..65e6096015 100644
--- a/templates/gmp.tmpl
+++ b/templates/gmp.tmpl
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pkgname=gmp
 version=4.2.4
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.gmplib.org/pub/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_configure
+configure_args="--enable-cxx --enable-mpbsd"
 short_desc="Library for arbitrary precision arithmetic"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 checksum=5420b0e558a69a53b36f2b2c70a69f547e075d98366a585fc80cbbcce1efe368