diff --git a/app-crypt/johntheripper/johntheripper-1.8.0-r1.ebuild b/app-crypt/johntheripper/johntheripper-1.8.0-r1.ebuild
index 3aef9f13e..80d2d5a78 100644
--- a/app-crypt/johntheripper/johntheripper-1.8.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/johntheripper/johntheripper-1.8.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ src_configure() {
 	# John ignores CPPFLAGS, use CFLAGS instead
 	append-cflags -DJOHN_SYSTEMWIDE=1
 	append-cflags -DJOHN_SYSTEMWIDE_HOME="'\"${EPREFIX}/etc/john\"'"
+	# fix for building with newer nvidia stuff
+	use cuda && append-ldflags -lstdc++
 
 	NVIDIA_CUDA="${EPREFIX}/opt/cuda/" econf \
 		--disable-native-macro \