diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 9f50569f..acb1f27c 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ PlatformIO 3.0
   and `platformio run <http://docs.platformio.org/page/userguide/cmd_run.html>`__
   commands
   (`issue #850 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/850>`_)
+* Use C++11 by default for CLion IDE based projects
+  (`pull #873 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/pull/873>`_)
 
 -------
 
diff --git a/examples b/examples
index d32be42b..463f8557 160000
--- a/examples
+++ b/examples
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit d32be42b60e88f209d008e5d1578be7b0c823ce9
+Subproject commit 463f855761f0af2657e597f6a3cf1b59daecc3fd
diff --git a/platformio/ide/tpls/clion/CMakeListsPrivate.txt.tpl b/platformio/ide/tpls/clion/CMakeListsPrivate.txt.tpl
index 658536dd..ca27ad43 100644
--- a/platformio/ide/tpls/clion/CMakeListsPrivate.txt.tpl
+++ b/platformio/ide/tpls/clion/CMakeListsPrivate.txt.tpl
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ SET(CMAKE_C_COMPILER "{{cc_path.replace("\\", "/")}}")
 SET(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "{{cxx_path.replace("\\", "/")}}")
 SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DISTRIBUTION "{{cxx_flags}}")
 SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DISTRIBUTION "{{cc_flags}}")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
 
 % for define in defines:
 add_definitions(-D{{!define}})