diff --git a/src/pcre.mk b/src/pcre.mk
index 41c16081..2a8e9c65 100644
--- a/src/pcre.mk
+++ b/src/pcre.mk
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ define $(PKG)_BUILD_SHARED
         --enable-pcre16 \
         --enable-utf \
         --enable-unicode-properties \
-        --disable-cpp \
+        --enable-cpp \
         --disable-pcregrep-libz \
         --disable-pcregrep-libbz2 \
         --disable-pcretest-libreadline