diff --git a/chapter08/libelf.xml b/chapter08/libelf.xml
index 75a94250e..29a3b4e37 100644
--- a/chapter08/libelf.xml
+++ b/chapter08/libelf.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ rm /usr/lib/libelf.a</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Prepare Libelf for compilation:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -m32" ./configure \
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -m32" CXX="g++ -m32" ./configure \
     --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu \
     --prefix=/usr            \
     --libdir=/usr/lib32      \
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ rm -rf DESTDIR</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Prepare Libelf for compilation:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -mx32" ./configure \
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -mx32" CXX="g++ -mx32" ./configure \
     --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnux32 \
     --prefix=/usr                 \
     --libdir=/usr/libx32          \