diff --git a/cxx/Makefile b/cxx/Makefile
index eb9fc30c6ec..236203a0985 100644
--- a/cxx/Makefile
+++ b/cxx/Makefile
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 CPPFLAGS = -I../include
+CC = c++
 test1: test1.o dbt.o
diff --git a/cxx/dbt.cpp b/cxx/dbt.cpp
index d8d163d9cb9..bb7ae4a7250 100644
--- a/cxx/dbt.cpp
+++ b/cxx/dbt.cpp
@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@ Dbt::Dbt(void) {
     DBT *dbt = this;
     memset(dbt, 0, sizeof(*dbt));
 }
+
+Dbt::~Dbt(void)
+{
+}