diff --git a/build_tools/build_detect_platform b/build_tools/build_detect_platform
index 8e83ae497..abfe0189b 100755
--- a/build_tools/build_detect_platform
+++ b/build_tools/build_detect_platform
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ if test -z "$OUTPUT"; then
 fi
 
 # we depend on C++11
-PLATFORM_CXXFLAGS="-std=gnu++11"
+PLATFORM_CXXFLAGS="-std=c++11"
 # we currently depend on POSIX platform
 COMMON_FLAGS="-DROCKSDB_PLATFORM_POSIX"