diff --git a/example/CMakeLists.txt b/example/CMakeLists.txt
index c13a6c0..784fd87 100644
--- a/example/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/example/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 function(_cppast_example name)
     add_executable(cppast_example_${name} ${name}.cpp example_parser.hpp)
     target_link_libraries(cppast_example_${name} PUBLIC cppast)
+    set_target_properties(cppast_example_${name} PROPERTIES CXX_STANDARD 11)
 endfunction()
 
 _cppast_example(ast_printer)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 26cded2..34aa886 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -116,4 +116,3 @@ endif()
 if(CPPAST_ENABLE_PRECONDITION_CHECKS)
     target_compile_definitions(cppast PUBLIC CPPAST_ENABLE_PRECONDITION_CHECKS)
 endif()
-set_target_properties(cppast PROPERTIES CXX_STANDARD 11)
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 6c75862..281a4b1 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ set(tests
 add_executable(cppast_test test.cpp test_parser.hpp ${tests})
 target_include_directories(cppast_test PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 target_link_libraries(cppast_test PUBLIC cppast)
+set_target_properties(cppast_test PROPERTIES CXX_STANDARD 11)
 
 enable_testing()
 add_test(NAME test COMMAND cppast_test)
diff --git a/tool/CMakeLists.txt b/tool/CMakeLists.txt
index 75661da..63e32a9 100644
--- a/tool/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tool/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 
 add_executable(cppast_tool main.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(cppast_tool PUBLIC cppast cxxopts)
-set_target_properties(cppast_tool PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME cppast)
+set_target_properties(cppast_tool PROPERTIES CXX_STANDARD 11 OUTPUT_NAME cppast)