diff --git a/brightray/brightray.gypi b/brightray/brightray.gypi
index 0fe893d80ee4..ad18976fd3f3 100644
--- a/brightray/brightray.gypi
+++ b/brightray/brightray.gypi
@@ -174,6 +174,11 @@
           ['exclude', '_win\.(cc|h)$'],
         ],
       }],
+      ['OS=="linux"', {
+        'cflags_cc': [
+          '-std=gnu++11',
+        ],
+      }],
     ],
   },
   'conditions': [