diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ae4a5e6d9..f8025ffd1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ jobs:
           compiler: clang
           desc: clang
         - SWIGLANG: c
+          CPP11: 1
           SWIG_FEATURES: "-w524"
         - SWIGLANG: csharp
         # D support can't be enabled because dmd 2.066 fails to build anything