diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 19aea617b2..76d2d27572 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4529,7 +4529,7 @@ fi
 
 add_cppflags -D_ISOC99_SOURCE
 add_cxxflags -D__STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS
-add_cxxflags -std=c++11
+add_cxxflags -std=c++98
 check_cflags -std=c99
 check_cc -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 <<EOF && add_cppflags -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
 #include <stdlib.h>