diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c004015..c2ce647 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ AC_FUNC_MALLOC
 AX_BLAS([], [AC_MSG_FAILURE([Could not find BLAS library.])])
 AX_LAPACK([], [AC_MSG_FAILURE([Could not find LAPACK library.])])
 
-AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX([11])
 AX_CXX_STATIC_CAST
 AX_CXX_TEMPLATES
 AX_CXX_TYPENAME
@@ -91,6 +90,8 @@ AX_MPI([],
 AX_PROG_CXX_MPI
 CXX=${MPICXX}
 
+AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX([11], [noext], [mandatory])
+
 dnl ---------- CHECK CTF
 if test xYES = x${BUILD_CTF}; then
   AC_MSG_WARN([Sorry, building CTF not supported yet provide a build path
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ AC_MSG_RESULT([
                        -----------------------
                        CXX      = $CXX
                        CXXFLAGS = $CXXFLAGS
+                       CPPFLAGS = $CPPFLAGS
                        LDFLAGS  = $LDFLAGS
                        ATRIP_LDFLAGS  = $ATRIP_LDFLAGS
 ])