diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 88c0592e2ccc15d0b27072c1b80b52d8ed9d7184..686e38489f5efca859fb82e41be9546b4da28e97 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from Cython.Build import cythonize
 
 extension_defaults = {
     'extra_compile_args': [
-        '-std=gnu++11',
+        '-std=c++11',
         '-O3',
         '-Wall',
         '-Wextra',