diff --git a/include/internal/catch_compiler_capabilities.h b/include/internal/catch_compiler_capabilities.h
index a5847545..0e5a6f43 100644
--- a/include/internal/catch_compiler_capabilities.h
+++ b/include/internal/catch_compiler_capabilities.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 // GCC
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 
-#if __GNUC__ > 4 || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 6 && defined(__GXX_EXPERIMENTAL_CXX0X__) )
+#if (__GNUC__ > 4 && __cplusplus >= 201103L) || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 6 && defined(__GXX_EXPERIMENTAL_CXX0X__) )
 #   define CATCH_INTERNAL_CONFIG_CPP11_NULLPTR
 #endif