diff --git a/lang/basic256/Makefile b/lang/basic256/Makefile
index 81d671699f92..9b4fd86e5d58 100644
--- a/lang/basic256/Makefile
+++ b/lang/basic256/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ BUILD_DEPENDS=	espeak:audio/espeak \
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
 
-USES=		bison dos2unix qmake qt:5
+USES=		bison compiler:c++11-lang dos2unix qmake qt:5
 USE_SDL=	sdl mixer
 USE_QT=		buildtools core gui multimedia network printsupport sql widgets serialport
 QMAKE_ARGS+=	LOCALBASE="${LOCALBASE}"