diff --git a/src/configure b/src/configure
index 6ce80c81779a4c0ed0e74b205e9b0a42ce0259cd..8574639dfbc8ebc2407bdd0b56dab904220ce8bb 100755
--- a/src/configure
+++ b/src/configure
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ echo "Octave CaosDB BUILD_DIR: $BUILD_DIR"
 mkdir -p $BUILD_DIR
 pushd $BUILD_DIR
 
-conan install ..
+conan install .. -s "compiler.libcxx=libstdc++11"
 cmake ..
 
 popd