diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 71b3663925..2c3fbfb238 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ SET(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/Modules;${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules
 SET(CMAKE_Fortran_MODULE_DIRECTORY
   ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/fmodules CACHE PATH "Directory for Fortran modules")
 
+# Require minimum standard version
+SET(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 99)
+SET(CMAKE_C_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+SET(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+SET(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+
 # Defaults to cache variables
 SET(WITH_MPI TRUE CACHE BOOL "Use MPI parallelization")
 SET(MPI_TEST_MAXPROC 8 CACHE STRING "Maximum number of tasks used in parallel tests")