diff --git a/package/zxing-cpp/zxing-cpp.mk b/package/zxing-cpp/zxing-cpp.mk
index 7113ae2b06..885d6fc344 100644
--- a/package/zxing-cpp/zxing-cpp.mk
+++ b/package/zxing-cpp/zxing-cpp.mk
@@ -15,4 +15,7 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV),y)
 ZXING_CPP_DEPENDENCIES += libiconv
 endif
 
+# build all targets except testrunner (needs c++11 support)
+ZXING_CPP_MAKE_OPTS = libzxing zxing
+
 $(eval $(cmake-package))