diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3cf9b5ade3d176784bf52ac35e3e6184252bac4c..29d9675e63337ce441bef4261de5c12cc80f36ba 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ PROJNAME = miscmaths
 USRINCFLAGS = -I${INC_NEWMAT} -I${INC_BOOST} -I${INC_PROB}
 USRLDFLAGS = -L${LIB_NEWMAT} -L${LIB_PROB}
 
-USRCXXFLAGS = -std=c++11
+USRCXXFLAGS = -std=c++11 
 
 OBJS = miscmaths.o optimise.o miscprob.o kernel.o histogram.o base2z.o t2z.o f2z.o minimize.o cspline.o sparse_matrix.o sparsefn.o rungekutta.o nonlin.o bfmatrix.o Simplex.o SpMatMatrices.o
 
@@ -26,3 +26,6 @@ libmiscmaths.a: ${OBJS}
 
 %.o:%.cpp
 	$(CXX11) -c $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $< -o $@
+
+%.o:%.cc
+	$(CXX11) -c $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $< -o $@