diff -rauN vlc-2.2.8/configure.ac vlc-2.2.8-cpp11-patch/configure.ac
--- vlc-2.2.8/configure.ac	2017-11-21 19:35:05.000000000 +0100
+++ vlc-2.2.8-cpp11-patch/configure.ac	2018-01-12 11:03:24.403333329 +0100
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 AC_DEFINE([WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN],, [Define to limit the scope of <windows.h>.])
 
 AM_PROG_CC_C_O
+CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -std=c++11"
 AC_PROG_CXX
 AC_PROG_CPP
 AC_PROG_OBJC