diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a7e4840..5ee58a8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-sudo: false
 language: cpp
+sudo: required
+dist: trusty
 os:
   - linux
   - osx
@@ -10,5 +11,6 @@ env:
 script:
   - make test config=coverage defines=$DEFINES -j2
   - make test config=release defines=$DEFINES -j2
+  - make test cxxstd=c++98 defines=$DEFINES -j2
 
 after_success: bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash) -f pugixml.cpp.gcov
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 777b82b..cd03002 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ MAKEFLAGS+=-r
 
 config=debug
 defines=standard
+cxxstd=c++11
+# set cxxstd=any to disable use of -std=...
 
-BUILD=build/make-$(CXX)-$(config)-$(defines)
+BUILD=build/make-$(CXX)-$(config)-$(defines)-$(cxxstd)
 
 SOURCES=src/pugixml.cpp $(filter-out tests/fuzz_%,$(wildcard tests/*.cpp))
 EXECUTABLE=$(BUILD)/test
@@ -47,9 +49,8 @@ ifneq ($(findstring PUGIXML_NO_EXCEPTIONS,$(defines)),)
 	CXXFLAGS+=-fno-exceptions
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(findstring PUGIXML_NO_CXX11,$(defines)),)
-	# Can't use std=c++11 since Travis-CI has gcc 4.6.3
-	CXXFLAGS+=-std=c++0x
+ifneq ($(cxxstd),any)
+	CXXFLAGS+=-std=$(cxxstd)
 endif
 
 OBJECTS=$(SOURCES:%=$(BUILD)/%.o)
diff --git a/tests/test_parse.cpp b/tests/test_parse.cpp
index 68fd217..bc40815 100644
--- a/tests/test_parse.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_parse.cpp
@@ -1181,4 +1181,4 @@ TEST(parse_embed_pcdata)
 		CHECK_NODE_EX(doc, STR("<node>\n<key>value</key>\n<child>\n<inner1>value1</inner1>\n<inner2>value2</inner2>outer</child>\n<two>text<data />\n</two>\n</node>\n"), STR("\t"), 0);
 		CHECK_NODE_EX(doc, STR("<node>\n\t<key>value</key>\n\t<child>\n\t\t<inner1>value1</inner1>\n\t\t<inner2>value2</inner2>outer</child>\n\t<two>text<data />\n\t</two>\n</node>\n"), STR("\t"), format_indent);
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}