diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sdsl-lite/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sdsl-lite/package.py
index d5d2a251c00..ba2485c6b79 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sdsl-lite/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sdsl-lite/package.py
@@ -32,5 +32,11 @@ def install(self, spec, prefix):
         tar('-xvf', self.stage.archive_file)
 
         with working_dir('sdsl-lite-{0}'.format(spec.version.dotted)):
+            if self.spec.satisfies('%fj'):
+                filter_file(
+                    'stdlib=libc',
+                    'stdlib=libstdc',
+                    './CMakeLists.txt'
+                )
             helper = Executable('./install.sh')
             helper(prefix)