diff --git a/bin/4ed_build.cpp b/bin/4ed_build.cpp
index 7e054818..a69e49f5 100644
--- a/bin/4ed_build.cpp
+++ b/bin/4ed_build.cpp
@@ -294,7 +294,8 @@ build(Arena *arena, u32 flags, u32 arch, char *code_path, char **code_files, cha
 "-Wno-write-strings "                 \
 "-D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC "                \
 "-fno-threadsafe-statics -pthread "   \
-"-Wno-unused-result"
+"-Wno-unused-result"                  \
+"-std=c++11"
 
 #define GCC_LIBS_COMMON                        \
 "-lX11 -lpthread -lm -lrt "   \