diff --git a/utils/ccc b/utils/ccc
index b9d4652..b27a70b 100755
--- a/utils/ccc
+++ b/utils/ccc
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@
 def inferlanguage(extension):
     if extension == "c":
         return "c"
+    elif extension in ["cpp", "cc"]:
+        return "c++"
     elif extension == "i":
         return "c-cpp-output"
     elif extension == "m":