diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 83692e9f..a9dd0385 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 include(ExtractValidFlags)
-foreach(_cxx1x_flag -std=gnu++11 -std=gnu++0x)
+foreach(_cxx1x_flag -std=c++11 -std=c++0x)
   extract_valid_cxx_flags(_cxx1x_flag_supported ${_cxx1x_flag})
   if(_cxx1x_flag_supported)
     set(CXX1XCXXFLAGS ${_cxx1x_flag})