diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3e25b33..a900354 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 
 project(qmsgpack)
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.8)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1.0)
+set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
 
 set(CMAKE_INSTALL_NAME_DIR ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR})