diff --git a/debian/tests/build b/debian/tests/build
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 1759efb74ed5d0fcb95a4fc7594b9283ce228646..bec80e5dbb7e9ffdf5c7ae321576794b8b121fce
--- a/debian/tests/build
+++ b/debian/tests/build
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ set -e
 WORKDIR=$(mktemp -d)
 trap "rm -rf $WORKDIR" 0 INT QUIT ABRT PIPE TERM
 cd $WORKDIR
-cat <<EOF > glibtest.cpp
+cat <<EOF > visptest.cpp
 #include <visp/vpColor.h>
 
 int main()
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ int main()
 }
 EOF
 
-gcc -o visptest visptest.cpp `pkg-config --cflags --libs visp`
+g++ -o visptest visptest.cpp `pkg-config --cflags --libs visp`
 echo "build: OK"
 [ -x visptest ]
 ./visptest