diff -up icu/source/configure.in~ icu/source/configure.in
--- icu/source/configure.in~	2014-03-07 21:55:33.000000000 +0000
+++ icu/source/configure.in	2014-03-07 21:56:30.000000000 +0000
@@ -268,6 +268,9 @@ if test "x$AR" = "x"; then
   AC_MSG_ERROR(Archiver ar not found. Set AR= or fix PATH)
 fi
 
+AC_LANG_PUSH([C++])
+AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM()])
+AC_LANG_POP([C++])
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to enable renaming of symbols])
 enabled=yes