diff --git a/science/cantera/files/patch-SConstruct b/science/cantera/files/patch-SConstruct
index de5294d25f39..cbccdcef24f3 100644
--- a/science/cantera/files/patch-SConstruct
+++ b/science/cantera/files/patch-SConstruct
@@ -1,44 +1,55 @@
+- the first part is fixing the configure failure, see https://github.com/Cantera/cantera/issues/1536
+
 --- SConstruct.orig	2022-05-01 15:31:54 UTC
 +++ SConstruct
+@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ config_options = [
+         {
+             "cl": "/EHsc",
+             "Cygwin": "-std=gnu++11", # See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18784112
+-            "default": "-std=c++11"
++            "default": "-std=c++14"
+         }),
+     Option(
+         "CC",
 @@ -805,6 +805,9 @@ elif "icx" in env.subst("$CC"):
  elif "clang" in env.subst("$CC"):
      config.select("clang")
  
 +elif "cc" in env.subst("$CC"):
 +    config.select("clang")
 +
  else:
      print(f"WARNING: Unrecognized C compiler '{env['CC']}'")
  
 @@ -869,10 +872,10 @@ if "sdist" in COMMAND_LINE_TARGETS:
      logger.info("'sdist' target was specified. Setting 'use_pch' to False.")
      env["use_pch"] = False
  
 -for arg in ARGUMENTS:
 -    if arg not in config:
 -        logger.error(f"Encountered unexpected command line option: '{arg}'")
 -        sys.exit(1)
 +#for arg in ARGUMENTS:
 +#    if arg not in config:
 +#        logger.error(f"Encountered unexpected command line option: '{arg}'")
 +#        sys.exit(1)
  
  env["cantera_version"] = "2.6.0"
  # For use where pre-release tags are not permitted (MSI, sonames)
 @@ -1673,11 +1676,11 @@ if env["matlab_toolbox"] == "y":
              "SUNDIALS libraries and skip building the Matlab toolbox.")
          sys.exit(1)
  
 -    if not (os.path.isdir(matlab_path) and
 -            os.path.isdir(pjoin(matlab_path, "extern"))):
 -        logger.error(
 -            f"Path set for 'matlab_path' is not correct. Path was '{matlab_path}'")
 -        sys.exit(1)
 +    #if not (os.path.isdir(matlab_path) and
 +    #        os.path.isdir(pjoin(matlab_path, "extern"))):
 +    #    logger.error(
 +    #        f"Path set for 'matlab_path' is not correct. Path was '{matlab_path}'")
 +    #    sys.exit(1)
  
  
  # **********************************************