diff -Naur bluefish-0.12-old/configure bluefish-0.12/configure
--- bluefish-0.12-old/configure	Mon Dec  1 18:55:36 2003
+++ bluefish-0.12/configure	Mon Dec  1 18:58:53 2003
@@ -3738,7 +3738,7 @@
   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
 else
   ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
-LIBS="-laspell  $LIBS"
+LIBS="-laspell -lstdc++ $LIBS"
 cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* confdefs.h.  */
 _ACEOF
@@ -3797,7 +3797,7 @@
 echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_lib_aspell_new_aspell_config" >&5
 echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_lib_aspell_new_aspell_config" >&6
 if test $ac_cv_lib_aspell_new_aspell_config = yes; then
-  LIBS="$LIBS -laspell"
+  LIBS="$LIBS -laspell -lstdc++"
 		cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
 #define HAVE_LIBASPELL 1
 _ACEOF