diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index f944d7799..83dd04ef4 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 import glob
 import platform
+import commands
+import re
 
 OSX	= bool(platform.mac_ver()[0])
 FreeBSD	= bool('FreeBSD' == platform.system())
@@ -23,6 +25,8 @@ env = Environment(
 	tools = ['default', 'protoc']
 )
 
+GCC_VERSION = re.split('\.', commands.getoutput(env['CXX'] + ' -dumpversion'))
+
 # Use clang
 #env.Replace(CC = 'clang')
 #env.Replace(CXX = 'clang++')
@@ -100,7 +104,10 @@ BOOSTFLAGS	= ['-DBOOST_TEST_DYN_LINK', '-DBOOST_FILESYSTEM_NO_DEPRECATED']
 
 env.Append(LINKFLAGS = ['-rdynamic', '-pthread'])
 env.Append(CCFLAGS = ['-pthread', '-Wall', '-Wno-sign-compare', '-Wno-char-subscripts', '-DSQLITE_THREADSAFE=1'])
-env.Append(CXXFLAGS = ['-O0', '-std=c++11', '-pthread', '-Wno-invalid-offsetof', '-Wformat']+BOOSTFLAGS+DEBUGFLAGS)
+env.Append(CXXFLAGS = ['-O0', '-pthread', '-Wno-invalid-offsetof', '-Wformat']+BOOSTFLAGS+DEBUGFLAGS)
+
+if (GCC_VERSION[0] > 4 or (GCC_VERSION[0] == 4 and GCC_VERSION[1] >= 7)):
+    env.Append(CXXFLAGS = ['-std=c++11'])
 
 if OSX:
 	env.Append(LINKFLAGS = ['-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib'])