diff --git a/qt-material-widgets.pro b/qt-material-widgets.pro
index dc19ed5..7faea11 100644
--- a/qt-material-widgets.pro
+++ b/qt-material-widgets.pro
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 4): QT += widgets
 TARGET = qt-material-widgets
 TEMPLATE = subdirs
 SUBDIRS = components examples
+CONFIG += c++11
 
 # The following define makes your compiler emit warnings if you use
 # any feature of Qt which as been marked as deprecated (the exact warnings