Index: src/libbu/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- src/libbu/CMakeLists.txt	(revision 70477)
+++ src/libbu/CMakeLists.txt	(working copy)
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
   mread.c
   observer.c
   opt.c
+  parallel_cpp11thread.cpp
   parallel.c
   parse.c
   path.c
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@
   )
 
 BRLCAD_ADDLIB(libbu "${LIBBU_SOURCES}" "${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT};${DL_LIBRARY};${WINSOCK_LIB};${PSAPI_LIB};${BSON_LIBRARIES};${UUID_LIBRARIES};${REGEX_LIBRARY};${M_LIBRARY}")
-set_target_properties(libbu PROPERTIES VERSION 20.0.1 SOVERSION 20)
+set_target_properties(libbu PROPERTIES VERSION 20.0.1 SOVERSION 20 CXX_STANDARD 11)
 
 BRLCAD_ADDDATA(fix.6r vfont)
 BRLCAD_ADDDATA(nonie.r.12 vfont)
Index: src/libbu/parallel.c
===================================================================
--- src/libbu/parallel.c	(revision 70477)
+++ src/libbu/parallel.c	(working copy)
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@
 };
 
 
+void parallel_cpp(void (*func)(size_t, void *), size_t ncpu, void *arg);
+
+
 int
 bu_parallel_id(void)
 {
@@ -461,6 +464,20 @@
     /* do the work anyways */
     (*func)(0, arg);
 
+#elif HAVE_THREAD_LOCAL
+
+    if (!func)
+	return; /* nothing to do */
+
+    if (ncpu == 1) {
+	return func(ncpu, arg);
+    } else if (ncpu > MAX_PSW) {
+	bu_log("WARNING: bu_parallel() ncpu(%zd) > MAX_PSW(%d), adjusting ncpu\n", ncpu, MAX_PSW);
+	ncpu = MAX_PSW;
+    }
+
+    parallel_cpp(func, ncpu, arg);
+
 #else
 
     struct thread_data *thread_context;
Index: src/libbu/parallel_cpp11thread.cpp
===================================================================
--- src/libbu/parallel_cpp11thread.cpp	(nonexistent)
+++ src/libbu/parallel_cpp11thread.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*          P A R A L L E L _ C P P 1 1 T H R E A D . C P P
+ * BRL-CAD
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2016 United States Government as represented by
+ * the U.S. Army Research Laboratory.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * version 2.1 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this file; see the file named COPYING for more
+ * information.
+ */
+
+#include "common.h"
+
+#include <thread>
+#include <vector>
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+void parallel_cpp(void (*func)(int, void *), size_t ncpu, void *arg)
+{
+    std::vector<std::thread> threads;
+
+    if (!ncpu) {
+	ncpu = std::thread::hardware_concurrency();
+
+	/* If ncpu is 0 now, then the hardware either doesn't support
+	 * threads, or they aren't known to the implementation.
+	 * Revert to single threading.
+	 */
+	if (!ncpu)
+	    return func(ncpu, arg);
+    }
+
+    /* Create and run threads. */
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < ncpu; ++i)
+    threads.emplace_back(func, ncpu, arg);
+
+    /* Wait for the parallel task to complete. */
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < threads.size(); ++i)
+    threads[i].join();
+}
+
+/*
+ * Local Variables:
+ * mode: C
+ * tab-width: 8
+ * indent-tabs-mode: t
+ * c-file-style: "stroustrup"
+ * End:
+ * ex: shiftwidth=4 tabstop=8
+ */
+