diff --git a/textproc/icu/Makefile b/textproc/icu/Makefile
index 16930c6da210..96fa5870b7c9 100644
--- a/textproc/icu/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/icu/Makefile
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ COMMENT=	Robust and full-featured Unicode services
 LICENSE=	mit
 
 WRKSRC=			${WRKDIR}/icu/source
-USE_LANGUAGES=		c99 c++
+USE_LANGUAGES=		c99 c++11
 USE_TOOLS+=		gmake pkg-config
-GCC_REQD+=		4.8
+GCC_REQD+=		4.9
 TEST_TARGET=		check
 UNLIMIT_RESOURCES+=	datasize
 GNU_CONFIGURE=		yes