diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index acaf24b372cb..b9c0de4e1e2c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Evented I/O for V8 javascript.
 ===
+test me
 
 ### To build:
 
diff --git a/common.gypi b/common.gypi
index 83e1ee4405f6..6e834ba8fa96 100644
--- a/common.gypi
+++ b/common.gypi
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
       }],
       [ 'OS in "linux freebsd openbsd solaris android"', {
         'cflags': [ '-Wall', '-Wextra', '-Wno-unused-parameter', ],
-        'cflags_cc': [ '-fno-rtti', '-fno-exceptions' ],
+        'cflags_cc': [ '-fno-rtti', '-fno-exceptions', '-std=gnu++0x' ],
         'ldflags': [ '-rdynamic' ],
         'target_conditions': [
           ['_type=="static_library"', {
@@ -245,6 +245,12 @@
           ['target_arch=="x64"', {
             'xcode_settings': {'ARCHS': ['x86_64']},
           }],
+          ['clang==1', {
+            'xcode_settings': {
+              'GCC_VERSION': 'com.apple.compilers.llvm.clang.1_0',
+              'CLANG_CXX_LANGUAGE_STANDARD': 'gnu++0x',  # -std=gnu++0x
+            },
+          }],
         ],
       }],
       ['OS=="freebsd" and node_use_dtrace=="true"', {