diff --git a/cmake/HandleOpenMPOptions.cmake b/cmake/HandleOpenMPOptions.cmake
index 5e5215d..97b616e 100644
--- a/cmake/HandleOpenMPOptions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/HandleOpenMPOptions.cmake
@@ -13,4 +13,7 @@ if (${OPENMP_ENABLE_WERROR})
   append_if(OPENMP_HAVE_WERROR_FLAG "-Werror" CMAKE_C_FLAGS CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS)
 endif()
 
-append_if(OPENMP_HAVE_STD_CPP11_FLAG "-std=c++11" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS)
\ No newline at end of file
+append_if(OPENMP_HAVE_STD_GNUPP11_FLAG "-std=gnu++11" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS)
+if (NOT OPENMP_HAVE_STD_GNUPP11_FLAG)
+  append_if(OPENMP_HAVE_STD_CPP11_FLAG "-std=c++11" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS)
+endif()
diff --git a/cmake/config-ix.cmake b/cmake/config-ix.cmake
index 912cbd0..13eace9 100644
--- a/cmake/config-ix.cmake
+++ b/cmake/config-ix.cmake
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
 
 check_c_compiler_flag(-Werror OPENMP_HAVE_WERROR_FLAG)
 
-check_cxx_compiler_flag(-std=c++11 OPENMP_HAVE_STD_CPP11_FLAG)
\ No newline at end of file
+check_cxx_compiler_flag(-std=gnu++11 OPENMP_HAVE_STD_GNUPP11_FLAG)
+check_cxx_compiler_flag(-std=c++11 OPENMP_HAVE_STD_CPP11_FLAG)