diff --git a/net-misc/purritobin/purritobin-0.3.0.ebuild b/net-misc/purritobin/purritobin-0.3.0.ebuild
index 42d88a3574..f8a74b7c6f 100644
--- a/net-misc/purritobin/purritobin-0.3.0.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/purritobin/purritobin-0.3.0.ebuild
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ EAPI=7
 DESCRIPTION="minimalistic commandline pastebin"
 HOMEPAGE="https://bsd.ac"
 
+inherit toolchain-funcs
+
 if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
 	inherit git-r3
 	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/PurritoBin/PurritoBin.git"
@@ -23,6 +25,11 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	www-apps/uwebsockets
 "
 
+src_configure() {
+	default
+	tc-export CXX
+}
+
 src_install() {
 	emake PREFIX="/usr" DESTDIR="${ED}" install
 	einstalldocs
diff --git a/net-misc/purritobin/purritobin-9999.ebuild b/net-misc/purritobin/purritobin-9999.ebuild
index 42d88a3574..f8a74b7c6f 100644
--- a/net-misc/purritobin/purritobin-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/purritobin/purritobin-9999.ebuild
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ EAPI=7
 DESCRIPTION="minimalistic commandline pastebin"
 HOMEPAGE="https://bsd.ac"
 
+inherit toolchain-funcs
+
 if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
 	inherit git-r3
 	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/PurritoBin/PurritoBin.git"
@@ -23,6 +25,11 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	www-apps/uwebsockets
 "
 
+src_configure() {
+	default
+	tc-export CXX
+}
+
 src_install() {
 	emake PREFIX="/usr" DESTDIR="${ED}" install
 	einstalldocs