diff --git a/gnu/packages/build-tools.scm b/gnu/packages/build-tools.scm
index bcca229466..33d91e6043 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/build-tools.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/build-tools.scm
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ (define-public bear
        ("re2" ,re2)
        ("spdlog" ,spdlog-1.10)))
     (native-inputs
-     `(("abseil-cpp" ,abseil-cpp)
+     `(("abseil-cpp" ,abseil-cpp-cxxstd11)
        ("googletest" ,googletest)
        ("openssl" ,openssl)
        ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)