diff --git a/audio/mkcue/mkcue.SlackBuild b/audio/mkcue/mkcue.SlackBuild
index 346f5092fe..c9d6292cac 100644
--- a/audio/mkcue/mkcue.SlackBuild
+++ b/audio/mkcue/mkcue.SlackBuild
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=mkcue
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.4}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.7}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -76,9 +76,10 @@ find -L . \
   -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
 patch -p1 < $CWD/fix_msf_offset.diff
+patch -p1 < $CWD/use_ldflags.diff
 
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
-CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS -std=gnu++98" \
 ./configure \
   --prefix=/usr \
   --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
diff --git a/audio/mkcue/mkcue.info b/audio/mkcue/mkcue.info
index f9705f1859..69724ea218 100644
--- a/audio/mkcue/mkcue.info
+++ b/audio/mkcue/mkcue.info
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PRGNAM="mkcue"
-VERSION="1.4"
+VERSION="1.7"
 HOMEPAGE="https://packages.debian.org/sid/mkcue"
 DOWNLOAD="http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/pool/main/m/mkcue/mkcue_1.orig.tar.gz"
 MD5SUM="de082e40baf042e23246d54d28cbcdcc"
diff --git a/audio/mkcue/use_ldflags.diff b/audio/mkcue/use_ldflags.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e5fb4f8287
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/mkcue/use_ldflags.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Description: ensure use of Debian $LDFLAGS
+ Ensure use of Debian $LDFLAGS, so that hardening options get used.
+Author: Moray Allan <moray@debian.org>
+Last-Update: 2016-03-17
+Index: GNUmakefile.in
+===================================================================
+--- mkcue-1.orig/GNUmakefile.in
++++ mkcue-1/GNUmakefile.in
+@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ INSTALL_SCRIPT=		${INSTALL_PROGRAM}
+ all: mkcue
+ 
+ mkcue: mkcue.o mb.o
+-	${CXX} -o $@ mkcue.o mb.o
++	${CXX} -o $@ mkcue.o mb.o ${LDFLAGS}
+ 
+ clean:
+ 	rm -f mkcue *.o