diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 952b594..70034f4 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ add_library(
 	${UCHARDET_LIBRARY}
 	${UCHARDET_SOURCES}
 )
+set_property(TARGET ${UCHARDET_LIBRARY}
+             PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 11)
 
 if (UCHARDET_STATIC_LIBRARY)
 	add_library(
@@ -86,6 +88,8 @@ if (UCHARDET_STATIC_LIBRARY)
 		STATIC
 		${UCHARDET_SOURCES}
 	)
+    set_property(TARGET ${UCHARDET_STATIC_LIBRARY}
+                 PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 11)
 endif (UCHARDET_STATIC_LIBRARY)
 
 set_target_properties(
diff --git a/src/tools/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tools/CMakeLists.txt
index fa15eb2..ca4e765 100644
--- a/src/tools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ add_executable(
 	${UCHARDET_BINARY}
 	${UCHARDET_SOURCES}
 )
+set_property(TARGET ${UCHARDET_BINARY}
+             PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 11)
 
 target_link_libraries(
 	${UCHARDET_BINARY}
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index a059044..565c0e7 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ add_executable(
 	uchardet-tests
 	${UCHARDET_TEST_SOURCES}
 )
+set_property(TARGET uchardet-tests
+             PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 11)
 
 target_link_libraries(
 	uchardet-tests