diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index baf58d6..89beddc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1.0 FATAL_ERROR) # because of CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD
 project(zeus)
 
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+
 if (NOT DEFINED ATHENA_INCLUDE_DIR)
     set(ATHENA_INCLUDE_DIR ../athena/include)
 endif()
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@ set(SOURCES
 
 # SSELegacy.cpp compiled separately to escape the effects of link-time optimization
 if(NOT MSVC)
-set_source_files_properties(${SOURCES} PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-msse4.1 -msse4.2 -std=c++14")
+set_source_files_properties(${SOURCES} PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-msse4.1 -msse4.2")
 if(CUSTOM_FLAGS)
     string(REPLACE "-flto=thin" "" CUSTOM_FLAGS ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS})
 endif(CUSTOM_FLAGS)
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 7a5f5cc..8a5d1c7 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1.0 FATAL_ERROR) # because of CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD
 project(zeustest)
 
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+
 include_directories(../include)
 
 add_executable(zeustest main.cpp)