diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 project(AtCore)
 
 # 3.0 is needed to support CMAKE_AUTOUIC
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
+set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
 
 find_package(ECM REQUIRED NO_MODULE)
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${ECM_MODULE_PATH})
@@ -64,11 +65,7 @@
 endif()
 
 if(APPLE)
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -stdlib=libc++ -std=c++11")
-endif()
-
-if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC OR CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUXX)
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11 ")
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -stdlib=libc++")
 endif()
 
 # Set default build type to be release