diff --git a/.github/workflows/tree-sitter-norg.rockspec.template b/.github/workflows/tree-sitter-norg.rockspec.template
index 80260fea..db5613ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tree-sitter-norg.rockspec.template
+++ b/.github/workflows/tree-sitter-norg.rockspec.template
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ source = {
   dir = '$repo_name-' .. '$archive_dir_suffix',
 }
 
+variables = {
+    LIBFLAG = "-std=c++11",
+}
+
 build = {
   type = "treesitter-parser",
   lang = "norg",