diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9e3153f18..6af9b52ff 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ endif()
 # in the KDE build system, this is the same as CMAKE_BINARY_DIR.
 configure_file(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CTestCustom.cmake ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/CTestCustom.cmake COPYONLY)
 
+################# Enable C++11 features for clang and gcc #################
+
+if(UNIX)
+   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -std=c++0x")
+endif()
+
 ################# now find all used packages #################
 
 set (QT_MIN_VERSION "5.2.0")