diff --git a/repo-ng/debian/rules b/repo-ng/debian/rules
index 1450368..0d3817e 100755
--- a/repo-ng/debian/rules
+++ b/repo-ng/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="$(CXXFLAGS)" LINKFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" ./waf configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
 
 override_dh_auto_build:
 	./waf build