diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 03ff80e3..5b079840 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
+
+set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
 
 project(cmake_test)