diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/loki/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/loki/default.nix
index 49b850eae65..d89df53907b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/loki/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/loki/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     make build-shared
   '';
 
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [
+    "-std=c++11"
+  ];
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {