1diff --git a/numpy/distutils/unixccompiler.py b/numpy/distutils/unixccompiler.py
2index 6ed5eec..82a88b5 100644
3--- a/numpy/distutils/unixccompiler.py
4+++ b/numpy/distutils/unixccompiler.py
5@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ def UnixCCompiler__compile(self, obj, src, ext, cc_args, extra_postargs, pp_opts
6 if opt not in llink_s:
7 self.linker_so = llink_s.split() + opt.split()
8
9- display = '%s: %s' % (os.path.basename(self.compiler_so[0]), src)
10-
11 # gcc style automatic dependencies, outputs a makefile (-MF) that lists
12 # all headers needed by a c file as a side effect of compilation (-MMD)
13 if getattr(self, '_auto_depends', False):
14@@ -54,8 +52,15 @@ def UnixCCompiler__compile(self, obj, src, ext, cc_args, extra_postargs, pp_opts
15 deps = []
16
17 try:
18- self.spawn(self.compiler_so + cc_args + [src, '-o', obj] + deps +
19- extra_postargs, display = display)
20+ if self.detect_language(src) == 'c++':
21+ display = '%s: %s' % (os.path.basename(self.compiler_so_cxx[0]), src)
22+ self.spawn(self.compiler_so_cxx + cc_args + [src, '-o', obj] + deps +
23+ extra_postargs, display = display)
24+ else:
25+ display = '%s: %s' % (os.path.basename(self.compiler_so[0]), src)
26+ self.spawn(self.compiler_so + cc_args + [src, '-o', obj] + deps +
27+ extra_postargs, display = display)
28+
29 except DistutilsExecError:
30 msg = str(get_exception())
31 raise CompileError(msg)