diff --git a/syntax_checkers/cpp/gcc.vim b/syntax_checkers/cpp/gcc.vim
index 586d022b..c55b9c6b 100644
--- a/syntax_checkers/cpp/gcc.vim
+++ b/syntax_checkers/cpp/gcc.vim
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ endif
 let g:loaded_syntastic_cpp_gcc_checker = 1
 
 if !exists('g:syntastic_cpp_compiler')
-    let g:syntastic_cpp_compiler = executable('g++') ? 'g++' : 'clang'
+    let g:syntastic_cpp_compiler = executable('g++') ? 'g++' : 'clang++'
 endif
 
 function! SyntaxCheckers_cpp_gcc_IsAvailable() dict