diff --git a/textproc/icu/Makefile b/textproc/icu/Makefile
index 77f1d0a7a4d0..c9ca790b778e 100644
--- a/textproc/icu/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/icu/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ COMMENT=	Robust and full-featured Unicode services
 LICENSE=	mit
 
 WRKSRC=			${WRKDIR}/icu/source
-USE_LANGUAGES=		c99 c++
+USE_LANGUAGES=		c99 c++11
 USE_TOOLS+=		gmake pkg-config
 TEST_TARGET=		check
 UNLIMIT_RESOURCES+=	datasize