diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 97ddde16a5..5082cd03de 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ update_cxxflags() {
             -Wold-style-declaration|-Wold-style-definition|-Wredundant-decls)
                 ;;
             -std=gnu99)
-                QEMU_CXXFLAGS=${QEMU_CXXFLAGS:+$QEMU_CXXFLAGS }"-std=gnu++98"
+                # QEMU_CXXFLAGS=${QEMU_CXXFLAGS:+$QEMU_CXXFLAGS }"-std=gnu++98"
+                QEMU_CXXFLAGS=${QEMU_CXXFLAGS:+$QEMU_CXXFLAGS }"-std=c++11"
                 ;;
             *)
                 QEMU_CXXFLAGS=${QEMU_CXXFLAGS:+$QEMU_CXXFLAGS }$arg