--- plotext-6.1.0.orig/build_cpp.py
+++ plotext-6.1.0/build_cpp.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import shlex
 import pathlib
 import platform
 import subprocess
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ def compile_kernel():
                              "[plotext] Install a ready made version instead, with pip install plotext, or install the MSVC build tools and try again.")
     else:
         out = cpp_folder / "kernel.so"
-        cmd = ["g++", "-fPIC", "-shared",                              # the standard is named, older compilers defaulting to one this kernel does not compile under
+        cmd = shlex.split(os.environ.get("CXX", "g++")) + ["-fPIC", "-shared",                              # the standard is named, older compilers defaulting to one this kernel does not compile under
                "-O2", "-std=c++17", "-Wall", "-Wextra", "-pedantic", "-fno-stack-protector",   # -pedantic names anything the standard does not allow, as an array sized while running, which Microsoft's compiler refuses outright
                "-o", str(out), str(cpp_source)]
         if platform.system() == "Darwin":                              # macos builds one wheel per architecture and names the wanted one here, which a raw compiler call must pass on