diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 08e14a50..7dbe43a7 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ else:
    
   if conf.CheckFunc('asprintf'):
     conf.env.Append(CCFLAGS = "-DHAVE_ASPRINTF")
-  if env['OPENGL'] and conf.CheckLibWithHeader('GL', 'GL/gl.h', 'c++', autoadd=1):
+  if env['OPENGL'] and conf.CheckLibWithHeader('GL', 'GL/gl.h', 'c', autoadd=1):
     conf.env.Append(CCFLAGS = "-DOPENGL")
   conf.env.Append(CPPDEFINES = ['PSS_STYLE=1'])
   # parse SDL cflags/libs