diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 419f8d8..b69f71f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # CMake File for Quadrilateral Cowboy (Because scons and Xcode are butt)
 # Written by Ethan "flibitijibibo" Lee
 
-CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.8.12)
+CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 3.1)
 PROJECT(QuadrilateralCowboy)
 
 # CMake Options
@@ -466,6 +466,10 @@ ENDIF()
 # Executable information
 ADD_EXECUTABLE(qc ${QC_SRC})
 
+set_target_properties(qc PROPERTIES
+    CXX_STANDARD 11
+    CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+
 # SDL2 Dependency (Detection pulled from FAudio)
 if (DEFINED SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS AND DEFINED SDL2_LIBRARIES)
 	message(STATUS "using pre-defined SDL2 variables SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS and SDL2_LIBRARIES")