diff --git a/src/matlab/private/matfrostmake.m b/src/matlab/private/matfrostmake.m
index be3c14b..4f3d7bc 100644
--- a/src/matlab/private/matfrostmake.m
+++ b/src/matlab/private/matfrostmake.m
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ function matfrostmake(juliaexe, mexdir, mjlname)
     mex('-v', ...
         strcat('-I"', fullfile(julia_dir, 'include', 'julia'), '"'), ...
         strcat('"',   fullfile(julia_dir, 'lib', 'libjulia.so'), '"'), ...
+        strcat('-static-libstdc++'), ...
         '-output', fullfile(mexdir, mjlname + ".mexa64"), ...
         fullfile(fileparts(fileparts(fileparts(mfilename('fullpath')))), 'matfrostjuliacall', 'matfrostjuliacall.cpp'));
 end