diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5971bb7..33f3ef9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ endif()
 if ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "GNU")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -march=native -Wall -Wextra -Werror")
     if (RAPIDJSON_BUILD_CXX11)
-        set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11")
+        if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS "4.7.0")
+            set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++0x")
+        else()
+            set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11")
+        endif()
     endif()
 elseif (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -march=native -Wall -Wextra -Werror -Wno-missing-field-initializers")