diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/nlojet/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/nlojet/default.nix
index c477f98ae7b9..4e2d878db00c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/nlojet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/nlojet/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ./nlojet_clang_fix.patch
   ];
 
+  env.CXXFLAGS="-std=c++11";
+
   # error: no member named 'finite' in the global namespace; did you mean simply 'finite'?
   env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString (stdenv.isDarwin && stdenv.isAarch64) "-Dfinite=isfinite";