diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 39ec9f096..820cd24f1 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -707,6 +707,22 @@ struct B:A {{
 		if not macro_value:
 			raise SCons.Errors.StopError("C++ compiler does not support constructor forwarding.")
 		context.sconf.Define(macro_name + macro_parameters, macro_value)
+	@_custom_test
+	def check_cxx11_template_alias(self,context):
+		text = '''
+template <typename>
+struct A;
+template <typename T>
+using B = A<T>;
+int main(int, char **){
+	A<int> *a = 0;
+	B<int> *b = a;
+	(void)b;
+	return 0;
+}
+'''
+		if self.Cxx11Compile(context, text=text, msg='for C++11 template aliases'):
+			context.sconf.Define('DXX_HAVE_CXX11_TEMPLATE_ALIAS')
 
 class LazyObjectConstructor:
 	def __lazy_objects(self,name,source):
diff --git a/common/include/compiler-integer_sequence.h b/common/include/compiler-integer_sequence.h
index d237b6082..3f8dc0fa9 100644
--- a/common/include/compiler-integer_sequence.h
+++ b/common/include/compiler-integer_sequence.h
@@ -38,8 +38,13 @@ struct tree_index_sequence<1>
 	typedef index_sequence<0> type;
 };
 
+#ifdef DXX_HAVE_CXX11_TEMPLATE_ALIAS
+template <std::size_t N>
+using make_tree_index_sequence = typename tree_index_sequence<N>::type;
+#else
 template <std::size_t N>
 static inline constexpr typename tree_index_sequence<N>::type make_tree_index_sequence()
 {
 	return {};
 }
+#endif