diff --git a/src/template/hpux_cc b/src/template/hpux_cc
index c58f082869edcbb8d30101d9bd92ffd4d3fcadc1..7b261b824657cdb73346e50e558a3d79b5f252f2 100644
--- a/src/template/hpux_cc
+++ b/src/template/hpux_cc
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ DLSUFFIX:.sl
 YFLAGS:-d
 YACC:
 CC:cc
+# Make aCC be first C++ compiler name tried...
+CCC:aCC