diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0ccef5d..18b397d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ AC_INIT([cellar], [0])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign subdir-objects])
 
 AC_PROG_CXX
+AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_11
 
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([