diff --git a/build-fail-blacklist b/build-fail-blacklist
index 48ed2ad9baad3..0072d7fc1f0ad 100644
--- a/build-fail-blacklist
+++ b/build-fail-blacklist
@@ -1769,8 +1769,6 @@ recipes/pyvcf
 # /usr/bin/env: python -Es: No such file or directory
 recipes/pizzly
 
-# zlib
-recipes/rcorrector
 # compiles its own zlib
 recipes/plink2
 
diff --git a/recipes/rcorrector/build.sh b/recipes/rcorrector/build.sh
index e5b8fe9c26591..2ad25526cfc4d 100644
--- a/recipes/rcorrector/build.sh
+++ b/recipes/rcorrector/build.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ export C_INCLUDE_PATH=$PREFIX/include
 export OBJC_INCLUDE_PATH=$PREFIX/include
 export CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=$PREFIX/include 
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PATH/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+export CFLAGS="-I$PREFIX/include"
+export CXXFLAGS="-Wall -O3 -std=c++0x -L$PREFIX/lib"
+
+sed -i.bak 's/CXXFLAGS=.*//' Makefile
 
 make
 mkdir -p $PREFIX/bin
diff --git a/recipes/rcorrector/meta.yaml b/recipes/rcorrector/meta.yaml
index 57b5c201758d7..2e13ae083fd1e 100644
--- a/recipes/rcorrector/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/rcorrector/meta.yaml
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 package:
   name: rcorrector
-  version: 1.0.2
+  version: 1.0.3
 
 source:
-  url: https://github.com/mourisl/Rcorrector/archive/v1.0.2.tar.gz
-  md5: 1030dc9a1e05b0c415318dae0713ec7d
+  url: https://github.com/mourisl/Rcorrector/archive/v1.0.3.tar.gz
+  md5: e64ab705c5b46eba46bce404332db607
 
 build:
-  number: 2
+  number: 0
 
 requirements:
   build:
     - {{ compiler('c') }}
+    - {{ compiler('cxx') }}
   host:
     - jellyfish 2.*
     - zlib