diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6aa6aee..9dda6cd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ project(gpu-stream)
 set(gpu-stream_VERSION_MAJOR 2)
 set(gpu-stream_VERSION_MINOR 0)
 
+list(APPEND CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS --std=c++11)
+
 configure_file(common.h.in common.h)
 
 find_package(CUDA 7.0 QUIET)