diff --git a/wpilibc/wpilibC++Sim/CMakeLists.txt b/wpilibc/wpilibC++Sim/CMakeLists.txt
index bb24841285..c396adae45 100644
--- a/wpilibc/wpilibC++Sim/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/wpilibc/wpilibC++Sim/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
 project(WPILibSim)
 
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wformat=2 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -fPIC")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wformat=2 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -fPIC -std=c++1y")
 
 get_filename_component(HAL_API_INCLUDES $ENV{ALLWPILIB}/hal/include REALPATH)
 get_filename_component(NWT_API_INCLUDES $ENV{ALLWPILIB}/networktables/cpp/include REALPATH)