diff --git a/homer_navigation/CMakeLists.txt b/homer_navigation/CMakeLists.txt
index 0d5bda2ddbb6e746e60c794acf7e937b5a698917..f28538650667392fd8f95ea92457acb49e8fc581 100644
--- a/homer_navigation/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/homer_navigation/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.3)
 project(homer_navigation)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-std=c++11 ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
 
 find_package(catkin REQUIRED COMPONENTS
   roscpp