diff --git a/cde/lib/tt/lib/Makefile.am b/cde/lib/tt/lib/Makefile.am
index 8bfc00261..b3a506ca7 100644
--- a/cde/lib/tt/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/cde/lib/tt/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -11,10 +11,13 @@ else
 libtt_la_SOURCES =
 endif
 
+# fake things so libtool creates this as a C++ library
+nodist_EXTRA_libtt_la_SOURCES = dummy.cxx
 libtt_la_LIBADD = api/c/libapi.la api/dnd/libdnd.la db/libdb.la mp/libmp.la \
-		  util/libutil.la tttk/libtttk.la -lstdc++
+		  util/libutil.la tttk/libtttk.la
 
 if SOLARIS
+# This stuff should be figured out by configure
 libtt_la_LIBADD += -lnsl -lsocket -lintl -ldl -lc -lw
 endif