diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 785d7a3705..864c3aabd5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ add_definitions (
   -D__STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS
 )
 
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -Werror -fno-exceptions")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -Werror -fno-exceptions -std=c++0x")
 
 include ("cmake/Platform.cmake")
 include (CTest)