diff --git a/unsupported/test/cxx11_tensor_cuda.cu b/unsupported/test/cxx11_tensor_cuda.cu
index 1964d9e07..4d8465756 100644
--- a/unsupported/test/cxx11_tensor_cuda.cu
+++ b/unsupported/test/cxx11_tensor_cuda.cu
@@ -853,6 +853,10 @@ void test_cxx11_tensor_cuda()
   CALL_SUBTEST_3(test_cuda_convolution_3d<ColMajor>());
   CALL_SUBTEST_3(test_cuda_convolution_3d<RowMajor>());
 
+#if __cplusplus > 199711L
+  // std::erf, std::erfc, and so on where only added in c++11. We use them
+  // as a golden reference to validate the results produced by Eigen. Therefore
+  // we can only run these tests if we use a c++11 compiler.
   CALL_SUBTEST_4(test_cuda_lgamma<float>(1.0f));
   CALL_SUBTEST_4(test_cuda_lgamma<float>(100.0f));
   CALL_SUBTEST_4(test_cuda_lgamma<float>(0.01f));
@@ -860,6 +864,7 @@ void test_cxx11_tensor_cuda()
 
   CALL_SUBTEST_4(test_cuda_digamma<float>());
 
+
   CALL_SUBTEST_4(test_cuda_erf<float>(1.0f));
   CALL_SUBTEST_4(test_cuda_erf<float>(100.0f));
   CALL_SUBTEST_4(test_cuda_erf<float>(0.01f));
@@ -894,4 +899,5 @@ void test_cxx11_tensor_cuda()
 
   CALL_SUBTEST_5(test_cuda_igamma<double>());
   CALL_SUBTEST_5(test_cuda_igammac<double>());
+#endif
 }