diff --git a/audio/paprefs/Makefile b/audio/paprefs/Makefile
index 1442cc99540a..33b184b1edda 100644
--- a/audio/paprefs/Makefile
+++ b/audio/paprefs/Makefile
@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	libglademm-2.4.so:devel/libglademm24 \
 		libpulse.so:audio/pulseaudio
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-CPPFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include
-LIBS+=		-L${LOCALBASE}/lib
-USES=		gmake pkgconfig
+USES=		compiler:c++11-lang localbase gmake pkgconfig
+USE_CXXSTD=	c++11
 USE_GNOME=	gconfmm26 gnomeprefix intltool
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--disable-lynx
diff --git a/japanese/xdtp/Makefile b/japanese/xdtp/Makefile
index 3238deec4a70..50bc254f5d64 100644
--- a/japanese/xdtp/Makefile
+++ b/japanese/xdtp/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ COMMENT=	XML document transfer program
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-USES=		pkgconfig tar:tgz
+USES=		compiler:c++11-lang pkgconfig tar:tgz
+USE_CXXSTD=	c++11
 USE_GNOME=	glibmm libxml2 libxslt
 HAS_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
diff --git a/textproc/stardict3/Makefile b/textproc/stardict3/Makefile
index 77ec09e7626e..e35ca8f2e54d 100644
--- a/textproc/stardict3/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/stardict3/Makefile
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--disable-festival \
 		--disable-updateinfo \
 		--disable-advertisement
 
-CPPFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include
-LIBS+=		-L${LOCALBASE}/lib
-USES=		gettext gmake libtool pathfix pkgconfig tar:bzip2
+USES=		compiler:c++11-lang gettext gmake libtool localbase pathfix \
+		pkgconfig tar:bzip2
+USE_CXXSTD=	c++11
 USE_GNOME=	intltool
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	GNOME