diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5b65dadc..99af4a08 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 #	Robert Hauck - Enable support for PNG/Freetype
 #   Qiangqiang Wu - Add biicode support
 
+option(CMAKE_STD_make_unique_NOT_SUPPORTED "Add support for make_unique<>().")
+#set(CMAKE_STD_make_unique_NOT_SUPPORTED OFF)
+
 # set compile  flags
 if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX OR "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "Clang")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11 -Wall")
@@ -96,6 +99,12 @@ endif()
 
 
 
+# STD_make_unique_NOT_SUPPORTED
+if(CMAKE_STD_make_unique_NOT_SUPPORTED)
+    add_definitions(-DSTD_make_unique_NOT_SUPPORTED)
+endif(CMAKE_STD_make_unique_NOT_SUPPORTED)
+
+
 set(NANA_SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/source)
 set(NANA_INCLUDE_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
 
diff --git a/include/nana/config.hpp b/include/nana/config.hpp
index e97c70f6..b580adb0 100644
--- a/include/nana/config.hpp
+++ b/include/nana/config.hpp
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 	#endif
 
 	#if (__GNUC__ == 4)
-		#if ((__GNUC_MINOR__ < 8) || (__GNUC_MINOR__ == 8 && __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__ < 1))
+		#if ((__GNUC_MINOR__ < 8) || (__GNUC_MINOR__ == 8 && __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__ <= 1))
 			#define STD_THREAD_NOT_SUPPORTED
 
 			//boost.thread is preferred
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@
 			//boost.thread will be replaced with meganz's mingw-std-threads.
 			// https://github.com/meganz/mingw-std-threads
 			//#define USE_github_com_meganz_mingw_std_threads
+			#if !defined(STD_make_unique_NOT_SUPPORTED)
+				#define STD_make_unique_NOT_SUPPORTED
+			#endif	//STD_make_unique_NOT_SUPPORTED
+
 		#endif
 
 		#if defined(NANA_MINGW)
diff --git a/include/nana/deploy.hpp b/include/nana/deploy.hpp
index 30d87935..f10dbebc 100644
--- a/include/nana/deploy.hpp
+++ b/include/nana/deploy.hpp
@@ -142,4 +142,44 @@ namespace nana
 #define NANA_RGB(a)	(((DWORD)(a) & 0xFF)<<16) |  ((DWORD)(a) & 0xFF00) | (((DWORD)(a) & 0xFF0000) >> 16 )
 
 
+#if defined(STD_make_unique_NOT_SUPPORTED)
+// http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2013/n3656.htm
+
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <memory>
+#include <type_traits>
+#include <utility>
+
+namespace std {
+	template<class T> struct _Unique_if {
+		typedef unique_ptr<T> _Single_object;
+	};
+
+	template<class T> struct _Unique_if<T[]> {
+		typedef unique_ptr<T[]> _Unknown_bound;
+	};
+
+	template<class T, size_t N> struct _Unique_if<T[N]> {
+		typedef void _Known_bound;
+	};
+
+	template<class T, class... Args>
+	typename _Unique_if<T>::_Single_object
+	make_unique(Args&&... args) {
+		return unique_ptr<T>(new T(std::forward<Args>(args)...));
+	}
+
+	template<class T>
+	typename _Unique_if<T>::_Unknown_bound
+	make_unique(size_t n) {
+		typedef typename remove_extent<T>::type U;
+		return unique_ptr<T>(new U[n]());
+	}
+
+	template<class T, class... Args>
+	typename _Unique_if<T>::_Known_bound
+			make_unique(Args&&...) = delete;
+}
+#endif //STD_make_unique_NOT_SUPPORTED
+
 #endif //NANA_MACROS_HPP
diff --git a/source/gui/widgets/listbox.cpp b/source/gui/widgets/listbox.cpp
index ef8b18a0..3da06cf2 100644
--- a/source/gui/widgets/listbox.cpp
+++ b/source/gui/widgets/listbox.cpp
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@ namespace nana
 
 				cell::cell(nana::string text, const format& fmt)
 					:	text(std::move(text)),
-						custom_format(new format{ fmt })	//make_unique
+						custom_format(std::make_unique<format>( fmt ))	// or  custom_format(new format{ fmt })
 				{}
 
 				cell::cell(nana::string text, const ::nana::color& bgcolor, const ::nana::color& fgcolor)
 					:	text(std::move(text)),
-						custom_format{ new format{ bgcolor, fgcolor } }	//make_unique
+						custom_format{std::make_unique<format>( bgcolor, fgcolor ) }	//custom_format{ new format{ bgcolor, fgcolor } }
 				{}
 
 				cell& cell::operator=(const cell& rhs)