1diff --git a/numpy/distutils/unixccompiler.py b/numpy/distutils/unixccompiler.py
2--- a/numpy/distutils/unixccompiler.py
3+++ b/numpy/distutils/unixccompiler.py
4@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ def UnixCCompiler__compile(self, obj, src, ext, cc_args, extra_postargs, pp_opts
5 if opt not in llink_s:
6 self.linker_so = llink_s.split() + opt.split()
7
8- display = '%s: %s' % (os.path.basename(self.compiler_so[0]), src)
9-
10 # gcc style automatic dependencies, outputs a makefile (-MF) that lists
11 # all headers needed by a c file as a side effect of compilation (-MMD)
12 if getattr(self, '_auto_depends', False):
13@@ -47,8 +45,15 @@ def UnixCCompiler__compile(self, obj, src, ext, cc_args, extra_postargs, pp_opts
14 deps = []
15
16 try:
17- self.spawn(self.compiler_so + cc_args + [src, '-o', obj] + deps +
18- extra_postargs, display = display)
19+ if self.detect_language(src) == 'c++':
20+ display = '%s: %s' % (os.path.basename(self.compiler_so_cxx[0]), src)
21+ self.spawn(self.compiler_so_cxx + cc_args + [src, '-o', obj] + deps +
22+ extra_postargs, display = display)
23+ else:
24+ display = '%s: %s' % (os.path.basename(self.compiler_so[0]), src)
25+ self.spawn(self.compiler_so + cc_args + [src, '-o', obj] + deps +
26+ extra_postargs, display = display)
27+
28 except DistutilsExecError as e:
29 msg = str(e)
30 raise CompileError(msg)