diff --git a/T/Torch/build_tarballs.jl b/T/Torch/build_tarballs.jl
index 58c2e73b2a7..12282817b6d 100644
--- a/T/Torch/build_tarballs.jl
+++ b/T/Torch/build_tarballs.jl
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ atomic_patch -p1 ../patches/pytorch-aten-qnnpack-cmake-windows.patch
 cmake_extra_args=""
 include_paths=""
 
+if [[ $bb_full_target == *cxx11* ]]; then
+    cmake_extra_args+="-DGLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=1 "
+fi
+
 if [[ $target == i686-linux-gnu*
     || $target == x86_64-linux-gnu*
     || $target == x86_64-apple-darwin*