diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2c58af3eace84a..03f9778cd85eb2 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4146,9 +4146,9 @@ if test -z "$CPP"; then
 fi
 if test -z "$CXX"; then
 	case "$host" in
-		aarch64-apple-ios*-simulator) CXX=arm64-apple-ios-simulator-clang ;;
-		aarch64-apple-ios*)           CXX=arm64-apple-ios-clang ;;
-		x86_64-apple-ios*-simulator)  CXX=x86_64-apple-ios-simulator-clang ;;
+		aarch64-apple-ios*-simulator) CXX=arm64-apple-ios-simulator-clang++ ;;
+		aarch64-apple-ios*)           CXX=arm64-apple-ios-clang++ ;;
+		x86_64-apple-ios*-simulator)  CXX=x86_64-apple-ios-simulator-clang++ ;;
 		*)
 	esac
 fi
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3c1dc1cc5018d4..14c254735b348f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -418,9 +418,9 @@ if test -z "$CPP"; then
 fi
 if test -z "$CXX"; then
 	case "$host" in
-		aarch64-apple-ios*-simulator) CXX=arm64-apple-ios-simulator-clang ;;
-		aarch64-apple-ios*)           CXX=arm64-apple-ios-clang ;;
-		x86_64-apple-ios*-simulator)  CXX=x86_64-apple-ios-simulator-clang ;;
+		aarch64-apple-ios*-simulator) CXX=arm64-apple-ios-simulator-clang++ ;;
+		aarch64-apple-ios*)           CXX=arm64-apple-ios-clang++ ;;
+		x86_64-apple-ios*-simulator)  CXX=x86_64-apple-ios-simulator-clang++ ;;
 		*)
 	esac
 fi