diff --git a/hdf5.be0 b/hdf5.be0
index 88b490a8d..1a071c8ae 100755
--- a/hdf5.be0
+++ b/hdf5.be0
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/env beesh
 
-# BEE_VERSION hdf5-1.10.1-2
+# BEE_VERSION hdf5-1.10.5-0
 
 SRCURL[0]="https://support.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/current/src/hdf5-${PKGVERSION}.tar.gz"
 
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ mee_patch() {
 }
 
 mee_configure() {
-    bee_configure --enable-shared=no --disable-silent-rules
+    bee_configure --enable-shared=no --disable-silent-rules \
+        --enable-cxx
 }
 
 mee_build() {