diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/superenv.rb b/Library/Homebrew/superenv.rb
index 76a19960f0..8bed661255 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/superenv.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/superenv.rb
@@ -254,11 +254,11 @@ class << ENV
   alias_method :j1, :deparallelize
   def gcc
     ENV['CC'] = ENV['OBJC'] = ENV['HOMEBREW_CC'] = "gcc"
-    ENV['CXX'] = ENV['OBJCXX'] = "g++"
+    ENV['CXX'] = ENV['OBJCXX'] = "g++-4.2"
   end
   def llvm
     ENV['CC'] = ENV['OBJC'] = ENV['HOMEBREW_CC'] = "llvm-gcc"
-    ENV['CXX'] = ENV['OBJCXX'] = "g++"
+    ENV['CXX'] = ENV['OBJCXX'] = "llvm-g++-4.2"
   end
   def clang
     ENV['CC'] = ENV['OBJC'] = ENV['HOMEBREW_CC'] = "clang"