diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 3d01632..7b22869 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ def set_compiler_flags (conf,opt):
     is_clang = conf.env['CXX'][0].endswith('clang++')
     
     if conf.options.cxx11:
-        conf.check_cxx(cxxflags=["-std=c++11"])
-        conf.env.append_unique('CXXFLAGS', ['-std=c++11'])
+        conf.check_cxx(cxxflags=["-std=c++0x"])
+        conf.env.append_unique('CXXFLAGS', ['-std=c++0x'])
         if platform == "darwin":
             conf.env.append_unique('CXXFLAGS', ['-stdlib=libc++'])
             conf.env.append_unique('LINKFLAGS', ['-lc++'])
