diff --git a/recipes/control-freec/build.sh b/recipes/control-freec/build.sh
index 51219a9c2d7fa..bfa671b9484e4 100644
--- a/recipes/control-freec/build.sh
+++ b/recipes/control-freec/build.sh
@@ -12,5 +12,4 @@ do
 done
 
 cd src
-make
-cp freec $PREFIX/bin
+$CXX -o $PREFIX/bin/freec $CXXFLAGS $LDFLAGS *.cpp -lpthread
diff --git a/recipes/control-freec/meta.yaml b/recipes/control-freec/meta.yaml
index 494c72d44a2aa..55d012cd50aa4 100644
--- a/recipes/control-freec/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/control-freec/meta.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% set version = "11.4" %}
+{% set version = "11.5" %}
 
 package:
   name: control-freec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package:
 
 source:
   url: https://github.com/BoevaLab/FREEC/archive/v{{ version }}.tar.gz
-  md5: b9453af0c2cf4707a482fd64f819abad
+  sha256: 30f24c6db628eb5ce5a5f8ed8e83763915554edb02d940fee2607e0ad7e705a7
   patches:
     - makeGraph_Chromosome.R.patch
     - perl_shebang.patch
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ build:
 requirements:
   build:
     - {{ compiler('c') }}
+    - {{ compiler('cxx') }}
   run:
     - perl
     - r-base