diff --git a/nfd/debian/rules b/nfd/debian/rules
index 2936900..b4d146e 100755
--- a/nfd/debian/rules
+++ b/nfd/debian/rules
@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@
 # export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
 LDFLAGS := $(shell dpkg-buildflags --get LDFLAGS)
+CXXFLAGS := $(shell dpkg-buildflags --get CXXFLAGS)
+CXXFLAGS += -std=c++11
 
 %:
 	dh $@ --parallel
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
-	./waf configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
+	CXXFLAGS="$(CXXFLAGS)" ./waf configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
 
 override_dh_auto_build:
 	./waf build