After we move to circle (#536) we should start using a consistent base docker image for building binaries on linux (@mapbox/core-tech will provide and maintain this base image). We should make sure this docker image has at least libstdc++-4.8-dev available to support c++11 out of the box, but potentially using a more recent version (or making it possible to toggle) could be desirable, so this will take some thought.
/cc @kkaefer