diff --git a/Foundation/include/Poco/AtomicCounter.h b/Foundation/include/Poco/AtomicCounter.h
index e5d44f0d5..61219a912 100644
--- a/Foundation/include/Poco/AtomicCounter.h
+++ b/Foundation/include/Poco/AtomicCounter.h
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@
 #elif POCO_OS == POCO_OS_MAC_OS_X
 	#if __MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 101200 || __IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 100000 || __TV_OS_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 100000 || __WATCH_OS_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 30000
 		#ifndef POCO_HAVE_STD_ATOMICS
-			#define POCO_HAVE_STD_ATOMICS
+			#if __cplusplus >= 201103L
+				#define POCO_HAVE_STD_ATOMICS
+			#endif
 		#endif
 	#else
 		#include <libkern/OSAtomic.h>