diff --git a/Templates/cxxconfigure b/Templates/cxxconfigure
index c6045561ca058006bbc18bd48d956df05245f5ce..7b23fb5ea7d0f323d47ea99f1d169471510597c2 100755
--- a/Templates/cxxconfigure
+++ b/Templates/cxxconfigure
@@ -740,11 +740,11 @@ case $system in
         rm -f conftest*
 	;;      
      OSF1-*)
-        echo $ac_n "checking whether ${CXX} accepts -std strict_ansi""... $ac_c" 1>&6
+        echo $ac_n "checking whether ${CXX} accepts -std strict_ansi -nopure_cname""... $ac_c" 1>&6
         echo 'void f(){}' > conftest.c
-        if test -z "`${CXX} -std strict_ansi -c conftest.c 2>&1`"; then
+        if test -z "`${CXX} -std strict_ansi -nopure_cname -c conftest.c 2>&1`"; then
           echo "$ac_t""yes" 1>&6
-          CMAKE_ANSI_CXXFLAGS="-std strict_ansi"
+          CMAKE_ANSI_CXXFLAGS="-std strict_ansi -nopure_cname"
         else
           echo "$ac_t""no" 1>&6
         fi
diff --git a/Templates/cxxconfigure.in b/Templates/cxxconfigure.in
index e23d4da37cf649550d315d935ca2fe7cfae7d0e9..3e1f5b1086ba277c55fb3e3864dffc8e2d40f288 100644
--- a/Templates/cxxconfigure.in
+++ b/Templates/cxxconfigure.in
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ case $system in
         rm -f conftest*
 	;;      
      OSF1-*)
-        echo $ac_n "checking whether ${CXX} accepts -std strict_ansi""... $ac_c" 1>&6
+        echo $ac_n "checking whether ${CXX} accepts -std strict_ansi -nopure_cname""... $ac_c" 1>&6
         echo 'void f(){}' > conftest.c
-        if test -z "`${CXX} -std strict_ansi -c conftest.c 2>&1`"; then
+        if test -z "`${CXX} -std strict_ansi -nopure_cname -c conftest.c 2>&1`"; then
           echo "$ac_t""yes" 1>&6
-          CMAKE_ANSI_CXXFLAGS="-std strict_ansi"
+          CMAKE_ANSI_CXXFLAGS="-std strict_ansi -nopure_cname"
         else
           echo "$ac_t""no" 1>&6
         fi
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 050c6817cb9d040f18edbb3a6daad2b84fa06b2f..bd4c27debb880491a6827202484be9e05d878eb3 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -974,11 +974,11 @@ case $system in
         rm -f conftest*
 	;;     
      OSF1-*)
-        echo $ac_n "checking whether ${CXX} accepts -std strict_ansi""... $ac_c" 1>&6
+        echo $ac_n "checking whether ${CXX} accepts -std strict_ansi -nopure_cname""... $ac_c" 1>&6
         echo 'void f(){}' > conftest.c
-        if test -z "`${CXX} -std strict_ansi -c conftest.c 2>&1`"; then
+        if test -z "`${CXX} -std strict_ansi -nopure_cname -c conftest.c 2>&1`"; then
           echo "$ac_t""yes" 1>&6
-          CMAKE_ANSI_CXXFLAGS="-std strict_ansi"
+          CMAKE_ANSI_CXXFLAGS="-std strict_ansi -nopure_cname"
         else
           echo "$ac_t""no" 1>&6
         fi
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index a464534eb74eb3bf9fe24276c7fa513c056e7f15..6961574bea2ff767c94443b3313264277726d094 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -89,11 +89,11 @@ case $system in
         rm -f conftest*
 	;;     
      OSF1-*)
-        echo $ac_n "checking whether ${CXX} accepts -std strict_ansi""... $ac_c" 1>&6
+        echo $ac_n "checking whether ${CXX} accepts -std strict_ansi -nopure_cname""... $ac_c" 1>&6
         echo 'void f(){}' > conftest.c
-        if test -z "`${CXX} -std strict_ansi -c conftest.c 2>&1`"; then
+        if test -z "`${CXX} -std strict_ansi -nopure_cname -c conftest.c 2>&1`"; then
           echo "$ac_t""yes" 1>&6
-          CMAKE_ANSI_CXXFLAGS="-std strict_ansi"
+          CMAKE_ANSI_CXXFLAGS="-std strict_ansi -nopure_cname"
         else
           echo "$ac_t""no" 1>&6
         fi