diff --git a/Formula/mpd.rb b/Formula/mpd.rb
index a1d81becfc..8af0aaa9e0 100644
--- a/Formula/mpd.rb
+++ b/Formula/mpd.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ class Mpd < Formula
   depends_on "sqlite"
   depends_on "libsamplerate"
 
+  needs :cxx11
+
   depends_on "libmpdclient"
   depends_on "ffmpeg"                   # lots of codecs
   # mpd also supports mad, mpg123, libsndfile, and audiofile, but those are