diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 10ae0ad..576cd4f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
 # https://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5...3.20)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8...3.20)
 
 project(boost_typeof VERSION "${BOOST_SUPERPROJECT_VERSION}" LANGUAGES CXX)
 
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ target_link_libraries(boost_typeof
     Boost::type_traits
 )
 
+target_compile_features(boost_typeof INTERFACE cxx_std_11)
+
 if(BUILD_TESTING AND EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/test/CMakeLists.txt")
 
   add_subdirectory(test)