diff --git a/Library/Formula/sysdig.rb b/Library/Formula/sysdig.rb
index f1f272069f26..c304e3b38378 100644
--- a/Library/Formula/sysdig.rb
+++ b/Library/Formula/sysdig.rb
@@ -7,14 +7,18 @@ class Sysdig < Formula
 
   head 'https://github.com/draios/sysdig.git', :branch => 'development'
 
-  # depends_on :macos => :mavericks
+  depends_on :macos => :mavericks # depends on clang
   depends_on "cmake" => :build
 
-  fails_with :clang do
-    build (MacOS.version >= :mavericks ? 425 : 503)
-    cause 'clang build fails on Mountain Lion, but works on Mavericks.'
+  # could try
+  unless ENV.compiler == :clang
+    ENV.append_to_cflags "-stc=c++11 -stdlib=libc++"
   end
 
+  #fails_with :gcc do
+  #  cause 'Depends on C++11 features.'
+  #end
+
   def install
     ENV.deparallelize