diff --git a/solvers/minion/build.rs b/solvers/minion/build.rs
index 51a150775..8674b5c74 100755
--- a/solvers/minion/build.rs
+++ b/solvers/minion/build.rs
@@ -10,10 +10,25 @@ use std::process::Command;
 fn main() {
     println!("cargo:rustc-rerun-if-changed=vendor");
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=build.rs");
+
+    // must be ./ to be recognised as relative path
+    // from project root
+    println!("cargo:rustc-link-search=all=./solvers/minion/vendor/build/");
+    println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=minion");
+
+    // also need to (dynamically) link to c++ stdlib
+    // https://flames-of-code.netlify.app/blog/rust-and-cmake-cplusplus/
+    let target = env::var("TARGET").unwrap();
+    if target.contains("apple") {
+        println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=dylib=c++");
+    } else if target.contains("linux") {
+        println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=dylib=stdc++");
+    } else {
+        unimplemented!();
+    }
+
     build();
     bind();
-    println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=libminion");
-    println!("cargo:rustc-link-search=vendor/build");
 }
 
 fn build() {
diff --git a/solvers/minion/vendor b/solvers/minion/vendor
index e47b4e8ef..d3670f589 160000
--- a/solvers/minion/vendor
+++ b/solvers/minion/vendor
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e47b4e8eff1a54181c28e11bc137b0009f0a894a
+Subproject commit d3670f589f9fa104ddfcb818ca554ade2336b698