Compile in C++11 mode

I tried using AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_11 for the autotools side but could not get it to fill CXXFLAGS or any other variable i could find, help welcome
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d36e06e..e0bdb0b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project(poppler)
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6.0 FATAL_ERROR)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1.0 FATAL_ERROR)
 
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules)
 
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 set(POPPLER_MICRO_VERSION "0")
 set(POPPLER_VERSION "${POPPLER_MAJOR_VERSION}.${POPPLER_MINOR_VERSION}.${POPPLER_MICRO_VERSION}")
 
+set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+
 # command line switches
 option(ENABLE_XPDF_HEADERS "Install unsupported xpdf headers." OFF)
 option(BUILD_GTK_TESTS "Whether compile the GTK+ test programs." ON)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5caa8ae..19bf10d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #fi
 AC_PROG_CXX
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
+CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -std=c++11"
 
 dnl ##### Check for pkgconfig
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG