diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 421f2e22c..1a8f0e636 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ endif(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES Release)
 #Configuring compilers
 if ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "Clang")
 	# using Clang
-	set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-Wall -Wno-unknown-pragmas -Wno-unneeded-internal-declaration -std=c++11")
+	set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-Wall -Wno-unknown-pragmas -Wno-unneeded-internal-declaration")
+    if(APPLE)
+        set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11")
+    endif(APPLE)
 	message(STATUS "OpenMP parallelization not available using clang++")
 elseif ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "GNU")
 	# using GCC