diff --git a/freeimage/all/conandata.yml b/freeimage/all/conandata.yml
index 0b7ed8f..e5f7ea1 100644
--- a/freeimage/all/conandata.yml
+++ b/freeimage/all/conandata.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 sources:
   "3.18.0":
     url: "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/freeimage/FreeImage3180.zip"
-    sha256: "f41379682f9ada94ea7b34fe86bf9ee00935a3147be41b6569c9605a53e438fd"
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+    sha256: "f41379682f9ada94ea7b34fe86bf9ee00935a3147be41b6569c9605a53e438fd"
+patches:
+  "3.18.0":
+    - patch_file: "patches/3.18.0/cpp11.patch"
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diff --git a/freeimage/all/conanfile.py b/freeimage/all/conanfile.py
index e84caea..357428c 100644
--- a/freeimage/all/conanfile.py
+++ b/freeimage/all/conanfile.py
@@ -9,9 +9,12 @@ class freeimageConan(ConanFile):
     url = "https://github.com/AnotherFoxGuy/conan-freeimage"
     description = "FreeImage is an Open Source library project for developers who would like to support popular graphics image formats like PNG, BMP, JPEG, TIFF and others as needed by today's multimedia applications."
     settings = "os", "compiler", "build_type", "arch"
+    exports_sources = "patches/**"
 
     def source(self):
         tools.get(**self.conan_data["sources"][self.version], strip_root=True)
+        for patch in self.conan_data["patches"][self.version]:
+            tools.patch(**patch)
 
     def build(self):
         if os_info.is_windows:
diff --git a/freeimage/all/patches/3.18.0/cpp11.patch b/freeimage/all/patches/3.18.0/cpp11.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76ab4f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/freeimage/all/patches/3.18.0/cpp11.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- Makefile.gnu
++++ Makefile.gnu
+@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
+ CFLAGS += $(INCLUDE)
+ CXXFLAGS ?= -O3 -fPIC -fexceptions -fvisibility=hidden -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy
+ # LibJXR
+-CXXFLAGS += -D__ANSI__
++CXXFLAGS += -D__ANSI__ -std=c++11
+ CXXFLAGS += $(INCLUDE)
+ 
+ ifeq ($(shell sh -c 'uname -m 2>/dev/null || echo not'),x86_64)