diff --git a/moose-core/Makefile b/moose-core/Makefile
index 5dda459827e9ab9c719b762b9e19946bd0ab0daf..3df49b3d6716d97edac4b4b4f31b66f12f55e8db 100644
--- a/moose-core/Makefile
+++ b/moose-core/Makefile
@@ -273,12 +273,12 @@ endif
 
 # Here we automagically change compilers to deal with MPI.
 ifdef USE_MPI
-	CXX = mpicxx
+	CXX = mpicxx --std=c++11
 #	CXX = /usr/local/mvapich2/bin/mpicxx
 #	PARALLEL_DIR = parallel
 #	PARALLEL_LIB = parallel/parallel.o
 else
-	CXX = g++
+	CXX = g++  --std=c++11
 #	CXX = CC	# Choose between Solaris CC and g++ on a Solaris machine
 endif