diff --git a/src/Levenshtein/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Levenshtein/CMakeLists.txt
index 721f7a7..f6159ed 100644
--- a/src/Levenshtein/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Levenshtein/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ function(create_cython_target _name)
       MAIN_DEPENDENCY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/${_name}.pyx"
       VERBATIM
       COMMAND
-        Python::Interpreter -m cython "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/${_name}.pyx"
+        Python::Interpreter -m cython --cplus "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/${_name}.pyx"
         --output-file "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_name}.cxx")
 
     set(${_name}