diff --git a/mace/examples/BUILD b/mace/examples/BUILD
index 0df8fd3cfee228a82ce73a5a438e7e69f09e4ebe..41362a0314018d6e3e94eedd2236e61b10c3167c 100644
--- a/mace/examples/BUILD
+++ b/mace/examples/BUILD
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ cc_binary(
     deps = [
         "//mace/core:core",
         ],
-    linkopts = if_android(["-pie", "-llog"])
-    )
+    copts = ['-std=c++11'],
+    linkopts = if_android(["-pie", "-llog"]),
+)