diff --git a/Help/release/dev/FindGTK2_sigc++_c++11.rst b/Help/release/dev/FindGTK2_sigc++_c++11.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ba14592b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/release/dev/FindGTK2_sigc++_c++11.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+FindGTK2_sigc++_c++11
+---------------------
+
+* Starting with sigc++ 2.5.1, c++11 must be enabled in order to use
+  sigc++. The GTK2::sigc++ imported target will automatically enable the
+  required build flags in order to build with the version found on the
+  system.
diff --git a/Modules/FindGTK2.cmake b/Modules/FindGTK2.cmake
index 72bb8ebb0..ab4ef3e49 100644
--- a/Modules/FindGTK2.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindGTK2.cmake
@@ -202,6 +202,43 @@ function(_GTK2_GET_VERSION _OUT_major _OUT_minor _OUT_micro _gtkversion_hdr)
     endif()
 endfunction()
 
+
+#=============================================================
+# _GTK2_SIGCXX_GET_VERSION
+# Internal function to parse the version number in
+# sigc++config.h
+#   _OUT_major = Major version number
+#   _OUT_minor = Minor version number
+#   _OUT_micro = Micro version number
+#   _sigcxxversion_hdr = Header file to parse
+#=============================================================
+
+function(_GTK2_SIGCXX_GET_VERSION _OUT_major _OUT_minor _OUT_micro _sigcxxversion_hdr)
+    file(STRINGS ${_sigcxxversion_hdr} _contents REGEX "#define SIGCXX_M[A-Z]+_VERSION[ \t]+")
+    if(_contents)
+        string(REGEX REPLACE ".*#define SIGCXX_MAJOR_VERSION[ \t]+([0-9]+).*" "\\1" ${_OUT_major} "${_contents}")
+        string(REGEX REPLACE ".*#define SIGCXX_MINOR_VERSION[ \t]+([0-9]+).*" "\\1" ${_OUT_minor} "${_contents}")
+        string(REGEX REPLACE ".*#define SIGCXX_MICRO_VERSION[ \t]+([0-9]+).*" "\\1" ${_OUT_micro} "${_contents}")
+
+        if(NOT ${_OUT_major} MATCHES "[0-9]+")
+            message(FATAL_ERROR "Version parsing failed for SIGCXX_MAJOR_VERSION!")
+        endif()
+        if(NOT ${_OUT_minor} MATCHES "[0-9]+")
+            message(FATAL_ERROR "Version parsing failed for SIGCXX_MINOR_VERSION!")
+        endif()
+        if(NOT ${_OUT_micro} MATCHES "[0-9]+")
+            message(FATAL_ERROR "Version parsing failed for SIGCXX_MICRO_VERSION!")
+        endif()
+
+        set(${_OUT_major} ${${_OUT_major}} PARENT_SCOPE)
+        set(${_OUT_minor} ${${_OUT_minor}} PARENT_SCOPE)
+        set(${_OUT_micro} ${${_OUT_micro}} PARENT_SCOPE)
+    else()
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Include file ${_gtkversion_hdr} does not exist")
+    endif()
+endfunction()
+
+
 #=============================================================
 # _GTK2_FIND_INCLUDE_DIR
 # Internal function to find the GTK include directories
@@ -734,6 +771,27 @@ foreach(_GTK2_component ${GTK2_FIND_COMPONENTS})
         _GTK2_FIND_INCLUDE_DIR(SIGC++CONFIG sigc++config.h)
         _GTK2_FIND_LIBRARY    (SIGC++ sigc true true)
         _GTK2_ADD_TARGET      (SIGC++)
+        # Since sigc++ 2.5.1 c++11 support is required
+        if(GTK2_SIGC++CONFIG_INCLUDE_DIR)
+            _GTK2_SIGCXX_GET_VERSION(GTK2_SIGC++_VERSION_MAJOR
+                                     GTK2_SIGC++_VERSION_MINOR
+                                     GTK2_SIGC++_VERSION_MICRO
+                                     ${GTK2_SIGC++CONFIG_INCLUDE_DIR}/sigc++config.h)
+            if(NOT ${GTK2_SIGC++_VERSION_MAJOR}.${GTK2_SIGC++_VERSION_MINOR}.${GTK2_SIGC++_VERSION_MICRO} VERSION_LESS 2.5.1)
+                # These are the features needed by clients in order to include the
+                # project headers:
+                set_property(TARGET GTK2::sigc++
+                             PROPERTY INTERFACE_COMPILE_FEATURES cxx_alias_templates
+                                                                 cxx_auto_type
+                                                                 cxx_decltype
+                                                                 cxx_deleted_functions
+                                                                 cxx_noexcept
+                                                                 cxx_nullptr
+                                                                 cxx_right_angle_brackets
+                                                                 cxx_rvalue_references
+                                                                 cxx_variadic_templates)
+            endif()
+        endif()
 
         _GTK2_FIND_INCLUDE_DIR(GLIBMM glibmm.h)
         _GTK2_FIND_INCLUDE_DIR(GLIBMMCONFIG glibmmconfig.h)