diff --git a/tools/linuxdeployqt/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/linuxdeployqt/CMakeLists.txt
index 657489c..e7af15a 100644
--- a/tools/linuxdeployqt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/linuxdeployqt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
 
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+
 # expose version data as compiler definition
 add_definitions("-DLINUXDEPLOYQT_VERSION=\"${GIT_TAG_NAME}\"")
 add_definitions("-DLINUXDEPLOYQT_GIT_COMMIT=\"${GIT_COMMIT}\"")