diff --git a/extractor/build.rs b/extractor/build.rs
index 2b849cd3ba5..c152a1f4943 100644
--- a/extractor/build.rs
+++ b/extractor/build.rs
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 fn main() {
     let dir: PathBuf = ["../tree-sitter-ruby", "src"].iter().collect();
-
-    cc::Build::new()
+    let mut build = cc::Build::new();
+    build
         .include(&dir)
-        .file(dir.join("parser.c"))
-        .file(dir.join("scanner.cc"))
-        .compile("tree-sitter-ruby");
+        .file(&dir.join("parser.c"))
+        .file(&dir.join("scanner.cc"));
+    if !cfg!(windows) {
+        build.cpp(true).compiler("clang");
+    }
+    build.compile("tree-sitter-ruby");
 }