diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 34c6fdf..51dbddb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ enable_testing()
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall")
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wall")
-add_definitions(-D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=1)
+#add_definitions(-D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=1)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
 
 set(CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}) #allows this to be a sub-project
 set(CMAKE_BINARY_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}) #allows this to be a sub-project