diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index c173b4402501cde7f4aaa6c89692c10b2f2e4366..ff3f7e3fe4f222c0d547f479a81baacebdaad195 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ env=Environment()
 
 # default build options
 env.Replace(CFLAGS=" -fPIC ")
-env.Replace(CXXFLAGS="-fPIC ")
+env.Replace(CXXFLAGS=" -std=c++11 -fPIC ")
 env.Replace(LINKFLAGS=" -fPIC ")
 
 # parse arguments