diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/symbolizer/scripts/build_symbolizer.sh b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/symbolizer/scripts/build_symbolizer.sh
index 98acab5277e61..e10f03e09993f 100755
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/symbolizer/scripts/build_symbolizer.sh
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/symbolizer/scripts/build_symbolizer.sh
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ if [[ ! -d ${LLVM_BUILD} ]]; then
     -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE="${LLVM_FLAGS}" \
     -DLLVM_TABLEGEN=$TBLGEN \
     -DLLVM_DEFAULT_TARGET_TRIPLE="${TARGET_TRIPLE}" \
+    -DLLVM_ENABLE_LIBCXX=ON \
     -DLLVM_ENABLE_ZLIB=ON \
     -DLLVM_ENABLE_TERMINFO=OFF \
     -DLLVM_ENABLE_THREADS=OFF \