diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7ec3f0801..b741c46c4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ IF(VERSION_SUFFIX)
 	SET(VERSION "${VERSION}-${VERSION_SUFFIX}")
 ENDIF(VERSION_SUFFIX)
 
-
 INCLUDE(DetectMachine)
 
 
@@ -443,6 +442,8 @@ ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(plugins)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(data)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(doc)
 
+# Enable C++11
+ADD_DEFINITIONS("-std=c++0x")
 
 #
 # build LMMS-binary
diff --git a/include/versioninfo.h b/include/versioninfo.h
index 0fd315299..9295a56c4 100644
--- a/include/versioninfo.h
+++ b/include/versioninfo.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #ifdef __GNUC__
-#define GCC_VERSION "GCC "__VERSION__
+#define GCC_VERSION "GCC " __VERSION__
 #else
 #define GCC_VERSION "unknown compiler"
 #endif