diff --git a/Makefile.linux b/Makefile.linux
index d6149a54..a4b63847 100644
--- a/Makefile.linux
+++ b/Makefile.linux
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 CC = g++
-CFLAGS = -g -Wall -std=c++0x
+CFLAGS = -g -Wall
+CXXVER := $(shell ${CC} -dumpversion)
+ifeq ($(shell expr match ${CXXVER} "4\.[0-5]"),3)
+  $(error Compiler too old)
+endif
+
+ifeq (${CXXVER},"4.6")
+  CFLAGS += -std=c++0x
+else
+  CFLAGS += -std=c++11
+endif
+
 include filelist.mk
 INCFLAGS =
 LDFLAGS = -lcryptopp -lboost_system -lboost_date_time -lboost_filesystem -lboost_regex -lboost_program_options -lpthread
diff --git a/build/CMakeLists.txt b/build/CMakeLists.txt
index f41e5d5c..0b959b59 100644
--- a/build/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/build/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -58,8 +58,20 @@ endif ()
 
 # compiler flags customization (by vendor)
 add_definitions ( "-Wall -Wextra" )
-if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
+
+# check for c++11 support
+include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
+CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG("-std=c++11" CXX11_SUPPORTED)
+CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG("-std=c++0x" CXX0X_SUPPORTED)
+if (CXX11_SUPPORTED)
   add_definitions( "-std=c++11" )
+elseif (CXX0X_SUPPORTED) # gcc 4.6
+  add_definitions( "-std=c++0x" )
+else ()
+  message(SEND_ERROR "C++11 standart not seems to be supported by compiler. Too old version?")
+endif ()
+
+if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
   if (WITH_HARDENING)
     add_definitions( "-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2" )
     set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wformat -Wformat-security -Werror=format-security" )
@@ -67,7 +79,7 @@ if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
     set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fPIE -pie" )
   endif ()
 elseif (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
-  add_definitions( "-std=c++11" )
+  # more tweaks
 endif ()
 
 # compiler flags customization (by system)
@@ -105,6 +117,7 @@ include_directories( ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${CRYPTO++_INCLUDE_DIR})
 message(STATUS "---------------------------------------")
 message(STATUS "Build type         : ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
 message(STATUS "Compiler vendor    : ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}")
+message(STATUS "Compiler version   : ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION}")
 message(STATUS "Compiler path      : ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}")
 message(STATUS "Install prefix:    : ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
 message(STATUS "Options:")
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 0808cb74..98312c87 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ Source: i2pd
 Section: net
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: hagen <hagen@i2pmail.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0), cmake, dpkg-dev (>= 1.16.1~),
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0), dpkg-dev (>= 1.16.1~),
+ cmake (>= 2.8), gcc (>= 4.6) | clang (>= 3.3),
  libboost-regex-dev,
  libboost-system-dev (>= 1.46),
  libboost-date-time-dev,