diff --git a/cad/sumo/Makefile b/cad/sumo/Makefile
index 0cb449d6665c..7e7473be9101 100644
--- a/cad/sumo/Makefile
+++ b/cad/sumo/Makefile
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ DISTFILES=	${PORTNAME}-src-${DISTVERSIONFULL}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
 MAINTAINER=	enriquefynn@gmail.com
 COMMENT=	Traffic simulation suite for road vehicles, public transportation, etc
 
-BROKEN_powerpc64=	fails to configure: xerces-lib not found in /usr/local/lib
-
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libfontconfig.so:x11-fonts/fontconfig \
 		libFOX-1.6.so:x11-toolkits/fox16 \
 		libfreetype.so:print/freetype2 \
@@ -20,7 +18,7 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	libfontconfig.so:x11-fonts/fontconfig \
 		libtiff.so:graphics/tiff \
 		libxerces-c.so:textproc/xerces-c3
 
-USES=		cmake gl jpeg python shebangfix zip xorg
+USES=		compiler:c++11-lang cmake gl jpeg python shebangfix zip xorg
 SHEBANG_FILES=	tools/*.py tools/*/*.py \
 		tools/*/*/*.py tools/*/*/*/*.py \
 		tools/*/*/*/*/*/*.py \