--- setup.py
+++ setup.py
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ def pkg_config_version(package):
         sys.stderr.write("Can't determine version of %s\n" % package)
 
 ext_args = {}
+ext_args['extra_compile_args'] = ['-std=c++11']
 pkg_config('poppler-qt5', ext_args)
 
 if 'libraries' not in ext_args: