diff --git a/depends/hosts/darwin.mk b/depends/hosts/darwin.mk
index 2958dc50cc8..dbe6d00795e 100644
--- a/depends/hosts/darwin.mk
+++ b/depends/hosts/darwin.mk
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ OSX_SDK_VERSION=10.9
 OSX_SDK=$(SDK_PATH)/MacOSX$(OSX_SDK_VERSION).sdk
 LD64_VERSION=241.9
 darwin_CC=clang -target $(host) -mmacosx-version-min=$(OSX_MIN_VERSION) --sysroot $(OSX_SDK) -mlinker-version=$(LD64_VERSION)
-darwin_CXX=clang++ -target $(host) -mmacosx-version-min=$(OSX_MIN_VERSION) --sysroot $(OSX_SDK) -mlinker-version=$(LD64_VERSION)
+darwin_CXX=clang++ -target $(host) -mmacosx-version-min=$(OSX_MIN_VERSION) --sysroot $(OSX_SDK) -mlinker-version=$(LD64_VERSION) -stdlib=libc++
 
 darwin_CFLAGS=-pipe
 darwin_CXXFLAGS=$(darwin_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/depends/packages/bdb.mk b/depends/packages/bdb.mk
index e2f85ad4fca..200d57314ea 100644
--- a/depends/packages/bdb.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/bdb.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ define $(package)_set_vars
 $(package)_config_opts=--disable-shared --enable-cxx --disable-replication
 $(package)_config_opts_mingw32=--enable-mingw
 $(package)_config_opts_linux=--with-pic
+$(package)_cxxflags=-std=c++11
 endef
 
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
diff --git a/depends/packages/boost.mk b/depends/packages/boost.mk
index 215c694b6b8..ef1307c241b 100644
--- a/depends/packages/boost.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/boost.mk
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ $(package)_archiver_$(host_os)=$($(package)_ar)
 $(package)_toolset_darwin=darwin
 $(package)_archiver_darwin=$($(package)_libtool)
 $(package)_config_libraries=chrono,filesystem,program_options,system,thread,test
-$(package)_cxxflags=-fvisibility=hidden
+$(package)_cxxflags=-std=c++11 -fvisibility=hidden
 $(package)_cxxflags_linux=-fPIC
 endef
 
diff --git a/depends/packages/protobuf.mk b/depends/packages/protobuf.mk
index 5affad28375..54d3fd92451 100644
--- a/depends/packages/protobuf.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/protobuf.mk
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ $(package)_download_path=$(native_$(package)_download_path)
 $(package)_file_name=$(native_$(package)_file_name)
 $(package)_sha256_hash=$(native_$(package)_sha256_hash)
 $(package)_dependencies=native_$(package)
+$(package)_cxxflags=-std=c++11
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
   $(package)_config_opts=--disable-shared --with-protoc=$(build_prefix)/bin/protoc
diff --git a/depends/packages/qt.mk b/depends/packages/qt.mk
index e5ac0c9651b..c1fc8e3058e 100644
--- a/depends/packages/qt.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/qt.mk
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ $(package)_config_opts += -no-sql-sqlite2
 $(package)_config_opts += -prefix $(host_prefix)
 $(package)_config_opts += -hostprefix $(build_prefix)
 $(package)_config_opts += -bindir $(build_prefix)/bin
-$(package)_config_opts += -no-c++11
+$(package)_config_opts += -c++11
 $(package)_config_opts += -openssl-linked
 $(package)_config_opts += -v
 $(package)_config_opts += -static
diff --git a/depends/packages/zeromq.mk b/depends/packages/zeromq.mk
index 7b866e9c0f6..b3f18db0569 100644
--- a/depends/packages/zeromq.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/zeromq.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ $(package)_sha256_hash=e00b2967e074990d0538361cc79084a0a92892df2c6e7585da34e4c61
 define $(package)_set_vars
   $(package)_config_opts=--without-documentation --disable-shared
   $(package)_config_opts_linux=--with-pic
+  $(package)_cxxflags=-std=c++11
 endef
 
 define $(package)_config_cmds