diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aa3dc94..4376a2d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,3 +33,12 @@
 *.exe
 *.out
 *.app
+
+# Debug
+*.pdb
+
+# Incremental Linker
+*.ilk
+
+# Build directory
+build/
diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 59312e3..6da1bf4 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,9 @@ file(GLOB files "src/example-*.cpp")
 foreach (file ${files})
 	get_filename_component(file_basename ${file} NAME_WE)
 	add_executable(${file_basename} ${file})
+	set_target_properties(${file_basename}
+		PROPERTIES
+			CXX_STANDARD 11
+	)
 	target_link_libraries(${file_basename} ${PROJECT_NAME})
 endforeach()
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index ca3a34a..80846cf 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ foreach (file ${files})
 	string(REGEX REPLACE "unit-([^$]+)" "test-\\1" testcase ${file_basename})
 
 	add_executable(${testcase} ${file})
+	set_target_properties(${testcase}
+		PROPERTIES
+			CXX_STANDARD 11
+	)
 	target_link_libraries(${testcase} Catch ${PROJECT_NAME})
 	add_test(${testcase} ${testcase})
 endforeach()