diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index af6154444ed68fa2af00b794fa9890ccaa7e87a6..9d6bb6f4e454ab65115bf17abae3aa728c6b592d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ add_definitions(
   -Wno-deprecated-declarations
 )
 
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
+
 include_directories(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} )
 
 add_subdirectory( src )