diff --git a/srcpkgs/golly/template b/srcpkgs/golly/template
index 77bc3097b42..0a6f88d03af 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/golly/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/golly/template
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ revision=1
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version}-src"
 build_wrksrc="gui-wx"
 build_style=gnu-makefile
-make_build_args="-f makefile-gtk GOLLYDIR=/usr/share/golly LUALIB=-llua5.4"
+make_build_args="-f makefile-gtk GOLLYDIR=/usr/share/golly LUALIB=-llua5.4
+ CXXC=\$(CXX)"
 make_install_args="${make_build_args}"
 hostmakedepends="python3"
 makedepends="MesaLib-devel glu-devel lua54-devel python3-devel wxWidgets-devel
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ post_extract() {
 
 pre_configure() {
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-		sed -i "s,\(PYTHON_INCLUDE\)=.*,\1=-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/python3.9,g" makefile-gtk
+		sed -i "s,\(PYTHON_INCLUDE\) =.*,\1=-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/python3.9,g" makefile-gtk
 	fi
 }