diff --git a/semantic-diff.cabal b/semantic-diff.cabal
index b7bb1859b..00aecac94 100644
--- a/semantic-diff.cabal
+++ b/semantic-diff.cabal
@@ -95,7 +95,10 @@ benchmark semantic-diff-bench
                      , recursion-schemes
                      , semantic-diff
                      , these
-  ghc-options:         -threaded -rtsopts -with-rtsopts=-N -j -O2 -static
+  if os(darwin)
+    ghc-options:       -threaded -rtsopts -with-rtsopts=-N -j -O2 -static
+  else
+    ghc-options:       -threaded -rtsopts -with-rtsopts=-N -j -O2 -static -pgml=script/g++
   default-language:    Haskell2010
   default-extensions:  OverloadedStrings, NoImplicitPrelude