diff --git a/README b/README
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+++ b/README
@@ -146,13 +146,16 @@ It's also possible to build libffi on Windows platforms with
 Microsoft's Visual C++ compiler.  In this case, use the msvcc.sh
 wrapper script during configuration like so:
 
-path/to/configure CC=path/to/msvcc.sh LD=link CPP=\"cl -nologo -EP\"
+path/to/configure CC=path/to/msvcc.sh CXX=path/to/msvcc.sh LD=link CPP=\"cl -nologo -EP\"
 
-For 64-bit Windows builds, use CC="path/to/msvcc.sh -m64".
-You may also need to specify --build appropriately. When building with MSVC
-under a MingW environment, you may need to remove the line in configure
-that sets 'fix_srcfile_path' to a 'cygpath' command. ('cygpath' is not
-present in MingW, and is not required when using MingW-style paths.)
+For 64-bit Windows builds, use CC="path/to/msvcc.sh -m64" and
+CXX="path/to/msvcc.sh -m64".  You may also need to specify --build
+appropriately.
+
+When building with MSVC under a MingW environment, you may need to
+remove the line in configure that sets 'fix_srcfile_path' to a 'cygpath'
+command.  ('cygpath' is not present in MingW, and is not required when
+using MingW-style paths.)
 
 For iOS builds, the 'libffi.xcodeproj' Xcode project is available.