diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 403e00a38a1..54875097cc7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -316,10 +316,10 @@ endif
 
 # Debugging
 ifeq ($(DEBUG), 1)
-	COMMON_FLAGS += -DDEBUG -g -O0
+	COMMON_FLAGS += -DDEBUG -g -O0 -std=c++11
 	NVCCFLAGS += -G
 else
-	COMMON_FLAGS += -DNDEBUG -O2
+	COMMON_FLAGS += -DNDEBUG -O2 -std=c++11
 endif
 
 # cuDNN acceleration configuration.