diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 3a1ab9a..57d0054 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ env['HAVE_POSIX_BARRIER'] = True
 
 env.Append(CPPPATH = ['/usr/local/include', '/opt/local/include'])
 env.Append(LIBPATH = ['/opt/local/lib'])
-env.Append(CCFLAGS = '-std=c++0x -D_GNU_SOURCE')
+env.Append(CCFLAGS = '-std=c++11 -D_GNU_SOURCE')
 if sys.platform == 'darwin':
     env['CC']  = 'clang'
     env['CXX'] = 'clang++'