diff --git a/recipes/bowtie2/build.sh b/recipes/bowtie2/build.sh
index 472f5c889bec3..efc367febab07 100644
--- a/recipes/bowtie2/build.sh
+++ b/recipes/bowtie2/build.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 LDFLAGS=""
+CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -std=c++11"
 make CXX=$CXX CPP=$CXX CC=$CC LDLIBS="-L$PREFIX/lib -lz -ltbb -ltbbmalloc -lpthread"
 
 binaries="\
diff --git a/recipes/bowtie2/meta.yaml b/recipes/bowtie2/meta.yaml
index e48cdd1c5a1ef..6ff5fd2ff67b7 100644
--- a/recipes/bowtie2/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/bowtie2/meta.yaml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ source:
   sha256: 9fb25513886bf294217dd9c5ca26d18dd5e02e0ae999935ac7ba5700befc492e
 
 build:
-  number: 1
-  skip: True  # [py2k or osx]
+  number: 2
+  skip: True  # [py2k or linux]
 
 requirements:
   build: