diff --git a/src/libs/cplusplus/SimpleLexer.cpp b/src/libs/cplusplus/SimpleLexer.cpp
index 26030ae09f7..8e539acb84a 100644
--- a/src/libs/cplusplus/SimpleLexer.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/cplusplus/SimpleLexer.cpp
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ Token SimpleLexer::tokenAt(const QString &text,
     features.qtMocRunEnabled = qtMocRunEnabled;
     features.qtEnabled = qtMocRunEnabled;
     features.qtKeywordsEnabled = qtMocRunEnabled;
+    features.objCEnabled = qtMocRunEnabled;
+    features.cxx11Enabled = qtMocRunEnabled;
     SimpleLexer tokenize;
     tokenize.setLanguageFeatures(features);
     const QList<Token> tokens = tokenize(text, state);
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppfollowsymbolundercursor.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppfollowsymbolundercursor.cpp
index 0d7b40560ec..90af2bf06cd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppfollowsymbolundercursor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppfollowsymbolundercursor.cpp
@@ -467,6 +467,8 @@ BaseTextEditorWidget::Link FollowSymbolUnderCursor::findLink(const QTextCursor &
     features.qtEnabled = true;
     features.qtKeywordsEnabled = true;
     features.qtMocRunEnabled = true;
+    features.objCEnabled = true;
+    features.cxx11Enabled = true;
 
     SimpleLexer tokenize;
     tokenize.setLanguageFeatures(features);