2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/compilers/gcc.py b/lib/spack/spack/compilers/gcc.py
index a556f346d7..9ea314efd5 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/compilers/gcc.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/compilers/gcc.py
@@ -83,3 +83,7 @@ class Gcc(Compiler):
     @classmethod
     def f77_version(cls, f77):
         return cls.fc_version(f77)
+
+    @property
+    def stdcxx_libs(self):
+        return ('-lstdc++', )
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/compilers/intel.py b/lib/spack/spack/compilers/intel.py
index 4f0c12140f..14f4d2dc91 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/compilers/intel.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/compilers/intel.py
@@ -80,3 +80,7 @@ class Intel(Compiler):
         """
         return get_compiler_version(
             comp, '--version', r'\((?:IFORT|ICC)\) ([^ ]+)')
+
+    @property
+    def stdcxx_libs(self):
+        return ('-cxxlib', )