diff -Nur a/pyqt/config.py b/pyqt/config.py
--- a/pyqt/config.py	2016-12-21 17:51:55.000000000 +0000
+++ b/pyqt/config.py	2017-12-04 00:32:48.237068001 +0000
@@ -5,66 +5,74 @@
 import site
 import pprint
 from distutils import sysconfig
-import pyqtconfig
 from PyQt5 import QtCore
 import PyQt5
 
+
 class Configuration(sipconfig.Configuration):
-	"""The class that represents PyQt configuration values.
-	"""
-	def getEnv(self,name, default):
-		return os.environ.get(name) or default
-
-	def __init__(self):
-		qtconfig = subprocess.check_output(["/usr/lib64/qt5/bin/qmake", "-query"], universal_newlines=True)
-		qtconfig = dict(x.split(":", 1) for x in qtconfig.splitlines())
-
-		self.pyQtIncludePath = self.getEnv('PYQT_INCLUDE_PATH','/usr/share/sip/PyQt5' )
-
-		pyqtconfig = {
-			"pyqt_config_args":   "--confirm-license -v "+str(self.pyQtIncludePath)+" --qsci-api -q /usr/lib64/qt5/bin/qmake",
-			"pyqt_version":       QtCore.PYQT_VERSION,
-			"pyqt_version_str":   QtCore.PYQT_VERSION_STR,
-			"pyqt_bin_dir":       PyQt5.__path__[0],
-			"pyqt_mod_dir":       PyQt5.__path__[0],
-			"pyqt_sip_dir":       str(self.pyQtIncludePath),
-			"pyqt_modules":       "QtCore QtGui QtWidgets",   #... and many more
-			"pyqt_sip_flags":     QtCore.PYQT_CONFIGURATION['sip_flags'],
-			"qt_version":         QtCore.QT_VERSION,
-			"qt_edition":         "free",
-			"qt_winconfig":       "shared",
-			"qt_framework":       0,
-			"qt_threaded":        1,
-			"qt_dir":             qtconfig['QT_INSTALL_PREFIX'],
-			"qt_data_dir":        qtconfig['QT_INSTALL_DATA'],
-			"qt_archdata_dir":    qtconfig['QT_INSTALL_DATA'],
-			"qt_inc_dir":         qtconfig['QT_INSTALL_HEADERS'],
-			"qt_lib_dir":         qtconfig['QT_INSTALL_LIBS']
-		}
-
-		macros = sipconfig._default_macros.copy()
-		macros['INCDIR_QT'] = qtconfig['QT_INSTALL_HEADERS']
-		macros['LIBDIR_QT'] = qtconfig['QT_INSTALL_LIBS']
-		macros['MOC'] = os.path.join(qtconfig['QT_INSTALL_BINS'], 'moc')
+    """The class that represents PyQt configuration values.
+    """
+
+    def getEnv(self, name, default):
+        return os.environ.get(name) or default
 
-		sipconfig.Configuration.__init__(self, [pyqtconfig])
-		self.set_build_macros(macros)
+    def __init__(self):
+        qmake_bin = subprocess.check_output(
+            ["which", "qmake"], universal_newlines=True).strip(' \t\n\r')
+        qtconfig = subprocess.check_output(
+            [qmake_bin, "-query"], universal_newlines=True)
+        qtconfig = dict(x.split(":", 1) for x in qtconfig.splitlines())
+
+        self.pyQtIncludePath = self.getEnv(
+            'PYQT_INCLUDE_PATH', '/usr/share/sip/PyQt5')
+
+        pyqtconfig = {
+            "pyqt_config_args":   "--confirm-license -v " + str(self.pyQtIncludePath) + " --qsci-api -q " + qmake_bin,
+            "pyqt_version":       QtCore.PYQT_VERSION,
+            "pyqt_version_str":   QtCore.PYQT_VERSION_STR,
+            "pyqt_bin_dir":       PyQt5.__path__[0],
+            "pyqt_mod_dir":       PyQt5.__path__[0],
+            "pyqt_sip_dir":       str(self.pyQtIncludePath),
+            "pyqt_modules":       "QtCore QtGui QtWidgets",  # ... and many more
+            "pyqt_sip_flags":     QtCore.PYQT_CONFIGURATION['sip_flags'],
+            "qt_version":         QtCore.QT_VERSION,
+            "qt_edition":         "free",
+            "qt_winconfig":       "shared",
+            "qt_framework":       0,
+            "qt_threaded":        1,
+            "qt_dir":             qtconfig['QT_INSTALL_PREFIX'],
+            "qt_data_dir":        qtconfig['QT_INSTALL_DATA'],
+            "qt_archdata_dir":    qtconfig['QT_INSTALL_DATA'],
+            "qt_inc_dir":         qtconfig['QT_INSTALL_HEADERS'],
+            "qt_lib_dir":         qtconfig['QT_INSTALL_LIBS']
+        }
+
+        macros = sipconfig._default_macros.copy()
+        macros['INCDIR_QT'] = qtconfig['QT_INSTALL_HEADERS']
+        macros['LIBDIR_QT'] = qtconfig['QT_INSTALL_LIBS']
+        macros['MOC'] = os.path.join(qtconfig['QT_INSTALL_BINS'], 'moc')
 
+        sipconfig.Configuration.__init__(self, [pyqtconfig])
+        self.set_build_macros(macros)
 
-## The name of the SIP build file generated by SIP and used by the build system.
+
+# The name of the SIP build file generated by SIP and used by the build system.
 build_file = "qtermwidget.sbf"
 
 # Get the SIP configuration information.
 config = Configuration()
 
 # Run SIP to generate the build_file
-os.system(" ".join([config.sip_bin, '-I' , str(config.pyQtIncludePath), str(config.pyqt_sip_flags), "-b", build_file,"-o", "-c", ". " " qtermwidget.sip"]))
+os.system(" ".join([config.sip_bin, '-I', str(config.pyQtIncludePath), str(
+    config.pyqt_sip_flags), "-b", build_file, "-o", "-c", ". " " qtermwidget.sip"]))
 
 installs = []
-installs.append(["qtermwidget.sip", os.path.join(config.pyqt_sip_dir,"qtermwidget")])
+installs.append(["qtermwidget.sip", os.path.join(
+    config.pyqt_sip_dir, "qtermwidget")])
 installs.append(["qtermwidgetconfig.py", config.pyqt_mod_dir])
 
-makefile = sipconfig.SIPModuleMakefile( configuration = config, build_file = build_file, installs = installs,  qt=["QtCore" ,"QtGui", "QtWidgets"] )
+makefile = sipconfig.SIPModuleMakefile(
+    configuration=config, build_file=build_file, installs=installs,  qt=["QtCore", "QtGui", "QtWidgets"])
 
 # Add the library we are wrapping.  The name doesn't include any platform
 # specific prefixes or extensions (e.g. the "lib" prefix on UNIX, or the
@@ -73,20 +81,23 @@
 makefile.extra_lib_dirs.append("..")
 makefile.extra_libs = ["qtermwidget5"]
 
+# Support for C++11
+makefile.extra_cxxflags.append('-std=c++11')
+
 # Generate the Makefile itself.
 makefile.generate()
 
 content = {
-	# Publish where the SIP specifications for this module will be
-	# installed.
-	"qtermwidget_sip_dir": config.pyqt_sip_dir,
-
-	# Publish the set of SIP flags needed by this module.  As these are the
-	# same flags needed by the qt module we could leave it out, but this
-	# allows us to change the flags at a later date without breaking
-	# scripts that import the configuration module.
-	"qtermwidget_sip_flags": config.pyqt_sip_flags
-	}
+    # Publish where the SIP specifications for this module will be
+    # installed.
+    "qtermwidget_sip_dir": config.pyqt_sip_dir,
+
+    # Publish the set of SIP flags needed by this module.  As these are the
+    # same flags needed by the qt module we could leave it out, but this
+    # allows us to change the flags at a later date without breaking
+    # scripts that import the configuration module.
+    "qtermwidget_sip_flags": config.pyqt_sip_flags
+}
 
 # This creates the qtermwidgetconfig.py module from the qtermwidgetconfig.py.in
 # template and the dictionary.