diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6e1807be..7aef5948 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ execute_process(
     OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
 )
 
-if(NOT APPLE)    
+if(NOT APPLE)
     # FIXME: Doesn't work for Ubuntu
-    execute_process(COMMAND cat /etc/os-release 
+    execute_process(COMMAND cat /etc/os-release
         OUTPUT_VARIABLE LSB_RELEASE_ID_SHORT
         OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
     )
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ endif()
 # Therefore we are setting two entries in the RPATH:
 # 1. $ORIGIN/.
 # 2. $ORIGIN/../tensorflow/
-# 
+#
 set(CMAKE_MACOSX_RPATH 1)
 if(APPLE)
     set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "@loader_path/;@loader_path/../tensorflow;")
@@ -120,19 +120,18 @@ endif()
 find_package(TensorFlow REQUIRED)
 
 add_library(tensorflow_framework_lib SHARED IMPORTED)
-set_target_properties( 
-    tensorflow_framework_lib 
-    PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION 
+set_target_properties(
+    tensorflow_framework_lib
+    PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION
     ${TensorFlow_DIR}/libtensorflow_framework.so
 )
 
 if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
     set(NGRAPH_TF_CXX11_ABI "${TensorFlow_CXX_ABI}")
     message( STATUS "nGraph-TensorFlow using CXX11 ABI:  ${NGRAPH_TF_CXX11_ABI}" )
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=${NGRAPH_TF_CXX11_ABI}")
 endif()
 
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=${NGRAPH_TF_CXX11_ABI}")
-
 if(APPLE)
     set(LIBNGRAPH_SO "libngraph.dylib")
 else()
@@ -158,7 +157,7 @@ endif()
 if(USE_PRE_BUILT_NGRAPH)
     if(NOT NGRAPH_ARTIFACTS_DIR)
         message(
-            FATAL_ERROR 
+            FATAL_ERROR
             "USE_PRE_BUILT_NGRAPH is ON but NGRAPH_ARTIFACTS_DIR is missing"
         )
     endif()
@@ -174,9 +173,9 @@ if(USE_PRE_BUILT_NGRAPH)
         ABSOLUTE
     )
     if (NOT EXISTS ${NGRAPH_ARTIFACTS_DIR})
-        message(FATAL_ERROR 
+        message(FATAL_ERROR
             "nGraph artifacts directory doesn't exist: " ${NGRAPH_ARTIFACTS_DIR} )
-    endif() 
+    endif()
 else()
     set(NGRAPH_ARTIFACTS_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/ngraph/ngraph_dist)
 endif()
@@ -194,7 +193,7 @@ if(UNIT_TEST_TF_CC_DIR)
         ABSOLUTE
     )
     if (NOT EXISTS ${TF_PRE_BUILT_LOCATION})
-        message(FATAL_ERROR 
+        message(FATAL_ERROR
             "TensorFlow pre-built directory doesn't exist: " ${TF_PRE_BUILT_LOCATION} )
     endif()
 
@@ -202,14 +201,14 @@ endif()
 
 # Enable build target CPU features
 set(
-    NGRAPH_TARGET_ARCH 
-    native  
+    NGRAPH_TARGET_ARCH
+    native
     CACHE STRING "Target CPU architecture to build for.")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -march=${NGRAPH_TARGET_ARCH}")
 
 set(
-    NGRAPH_TUNE_ARCH 
-    native  
+    NGRAPH_TUNE_ARCH
+    native
     CACHE STRING "Target CPU architecture to tune for")
 
 message(STATUS "UNIT_TEST_ENABLE:           ${UNIT_TEST_ENABLE}")
@@ -228,14 +227,15 @@ if (NOT USE_PRE_BUILT_NGRAPH)
         ext_ngraph
         GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/NervanaSystems/ngraph
         GIT_TAG 90aa7336dfbf21d3ecab1b50aa8676c2fe1bd75d
-        CMAKE_ARGS 
+        CMAKE_ARGS
             -DNGRAPH_DISTRIBUTED_ENABLE=${NGRAPH_DISTRIBUTED_ENABLE}
-            -DNGRAPH_INSTALL_PREFIX=${NGRAPH_ARTIFACTS_DIR} 
+            -DNGRAPH_INSTALL_PREFIX=${NGRAPH_ARTIFACTS_DIR}
             -DNGRAPH_USE_CXX_ABI=${TensorFlow_CXX_ABI}
             -DNGRAPH_UNIT_TEST_ENABLE=FALSE
             -DNGRAPH_TOOLS_ENABLE=${NGRAPH_TOOLS_ENABLE}
-            -DNGRAPH_DEX_ONLY=TRUE         
+            -DNGRAPH_DEX_ONLY=TRUE
             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
+            -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
             -DNGRAPH_GPU_ENABLE=${NGRAPH_GPU_ENABLE}
             -DNGRAPH_DEBUG_ENABLE=${NGRAPH_DEBUG_ENABLE}
             -DNGRAPH_PLAIDML_ENABLE=${NGRAPH_PLAIDML_ENABLE}
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ if (NOT USE_PRE_BUILT_NGRAPH)
         UPDATE_COMMAND ""
         INSTALL_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}"
     )
-endif() 
+endif()
 set(NGRAPH_INSTALL_DIR ${NGRAPH_ARTIFACTS_DIR})
 
 
@@ -262,9 +262,9 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 add_library(ngraph_lib SHARED IMPORTED)
-set_target_properties( 
-    ngraph_lib 
-    PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION 
+set_target_properties(
+    ngraph_lib
+    PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION
     ${NGRAPH_IMPORTED_LOCATION}
 )
 
diff --git a/cmake/external_gtest.cmake b/cmake/external_gtest.cmake
index d7007b24..4da4f001 100644
--- a/cmake/external_gtest.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external_gtest.cmake
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ SET(GTEST_GIT_REPO_URL https://github.com/google/googletest.git)
 SET(GTEST_GIT_LABEL release-1.8.0)
 
 set(CXX_FLAGS "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fPIC")
+if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
+    if (DEFINED NGRAPH_USE_CXX_ABI)
+        set(CXX_FLAGS "${CXX_FLAGS} -D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=${NGRAPH_USE_CXX_ABI}")
+    endif()
+endif()
 
 # The 'BUILD_BYPRODUCTS' argument was introduced in CMake 3.2.
 if (${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 3.2)
@@ -36,6 +41,7 @@ if (${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 3.2)
         INSTALL_COMMAND ""
         UPDATE_COMMAND ""
         CMAKE_ARGS ${CXX_FLAGS}
+            -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
         TMP_DIR "${EXTERNAL_PROJECTS_ROOT}/gtest/tmp"
         STAMP_DIR "${EXTERNAL_PROJECTS_ROOT}/gtest/stamp"
         DOWNLOAD_DIR "${EXTERNAL_PROJECTS_ROOT}/gtest/download"
@@ -52,6 +58,7 @@ else()
         INSTALL_COMMAND ""
         UPDATE_COMMAND ""
         CMAKE_ARGS ${CXX_FLAGS}
+            -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
         TMP_DIR "${EXTERNAL_PROJECTS_ROOT}/gtest/tmp"
         STAMP_DIR "${EXTERNAL_PROJECTS_ROOT}/gtest/stamp"
         DOWNLOAD_DIR "${EXTERNAL_PROJECTS_ROOT}/gtest/download"
diff --git a/python/CreatePipWhl.cmake b/python/CreatePipWhl.cmake
index 48f074f6..9b8dd676 100644
--- a/python/CreatePipWhl.cmake
+++ b/python/CreatePipWhl.cmake
@@ -45,58 +45,58 @@ if (PYTHON)
     endif()
     message(STATUS "LIB_SUFFIX: ${NGTF_INSTALL_DIR}/${LIB_SUFFIX}")
     file(GLOB NGRAPH_LIB_FILES "${NGTF_INSTALL_DIR}/${LIB_SUFFIX}/lib*")
-    
+
     # Copy the ngraph_bridge libraries from install
     foreach(DEP_FILE ${NGRAPH_LIB_FILES})
         get_filename_component(lib_file_real_path ${DEP_FILE} ABSOLUTE)
         get_filename_component(lib_file_name ${DEP_FILE} NAME)
         set(ngraph_libraries "${ngraph_libraries}\"${lib_file_name}\",\n\t")
-        file(COPY ${lib_file_real_path} 
-            DESTINATION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/python/ngraph_bridge")        
-    endforeach()            
+        file(COPY ${lib_file_real_path}
+            DESTINATION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/python/ngraph_bridge")
+    endforeach()
+
+    # Get the list of license files
+    file(GLOB NGRAPH_TF_LICENSE_FILES "${NGTF_SRC_DIR}/third-party/licenses/*")
 
-    # Get the list of license files 
-    file(GLOB NGRAPH_TF_LICENCE_FILES "${NGTF_SRC_DIR}/third-party/licenses/*")
-    
     # Copy the licenses for ngraph-tf
-    foreach(DEP_FILE ${NGRAPH_TF_LICENCE_FILES})
+    foreach(DEP_FILE ${NGRAPH_TF_LICENSE_FILES})
         get_filename_component(lic_file_real_path ${DEP_FILE} ABSOLUTE)
         get_filename_component(lic_file_name ${DEP_FILE} NAME)
         set(
-            license_files 
+            license_files
             "${license_files}\"licenses/${lic_file_name}\",\n\t")
-        file(COPY ${lic_file_real_path} 
-            DESTINATION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/python/ngraph_bridge/licenses")        
-    endforeach()            
+        file(COPY ${lic_file_real_path}
+            DESTINATION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/python/ngraph_bridge/licenses")
+    endforeach()
 
     # Get the list of license files for ngraph
-    file(GLOB NGRAPH_LICENCE_FILES "${NGRAPH_INSTALL_DIR}/licenses/*")
-    
+    file(GLOB NGRAPH_LICENSE_FILES "${NGRAPH_INSTALL_DIR}/licenses/*")
+
     # Copy the licenses for ngraph-tf
-    foreach(DEP_FILE ${NGRAPH_LICENCE_FILES})
+    foreach(DEP_FILE ${NGRAPH_LICENSE_FILES})
         get_filename_component(lic_file_real_path ${DEP_FILE} ABSOLUTE)
         get_filename_component(lic_file_name ${DEP_FILE} NAME)
         set(
-            license_files 
+            license_files
             "${license_files}\"licenses/${lic_file_name}\",\n\t")
-        file(COPY ${lic_file_real_path} 
-            DESTINATION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/python/ngraph_bridge/licenses")        
-    endforeach()            
+        file(COPY ${lic_file_real_path}
+            DESTINATION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/python/ngraph_bridge/licenses")
+    endforeach()
 
-    # Copy the LICENSE at the toplevel
-    file(COPY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../LICENSE 
-        DESTINATION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/python/ngraph_bridge")        
+    # Copy the LICENSE at the top level
+    file(COPY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../LICENSE
+        DESTINATION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/python/ngraph_bridge")
     set(
-        licence_top_level 
+        licence_top_level
         "\"LICENSE\"")
 
     configure_file(${SETUP_PY_IN} ${SETUP_PY})
     configure_file(${INIT_PY_IN} ${INIT_PY})
     if (APPLE)
-        execute_process(COMMAND 
-            install_name_tool -change 
-            libngraph.dylib 
-            @loader_path/libngraph.dylib 
+        execute_process(COMMAND
+            install_name_tool -change
+            libngraph.dylib
+            @loader_path/libngraph.dylib
             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/python/ngraph_bridge/libngraph_bridge.dylib
             RESULT_VARIABLE result
             ERROR_VARIABLE ERR
@@ -106,10 +106,10 @@ if (PYTHON)
             message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot update @loader_path")
         endif()
 
-        execute_process(COMMAND 
-            install_name_tool -change 
-            libngraph.dylib 
-            @loader_path/libngraph.dylib 
+        execute_process(COMMAND
+            install_name_tool -change
+            libngraph.dylib
+            @loader_path/libngraph.dylib
             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/python/ngraph_bridge/libcpu_backend.dylib
             RESULT_VARIABLE result
             ERROR_VARIABLE ERR
@@ -128,10 +128,10 @@ if (PYTHON)
 
         FOREACH(lib_file ${cpu_lib_list})
             message("Library: " ${lib_file})
-            execute_process(COMMAND 
-                install_name_tool -change 
-                @rpath/${lib_file} 
-                @loader_path/${lib_file} 
+            execute_process(COMMAND
+                install_name_tool -change
+                @rpath/${lib_file}
+                @loader_path/${lib_file}
                 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/python/ngraph_bridge/libcpu_backend.dylib
                 RESULT_VARIABLE result
                 ERROR_VARIABLE ERR
@@ -190,5 +190,5 @@ if (PYTHON)
         COMMAND ${PYTHON} "setup.py" "bdist_wheel"
         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/python/
     )
-    
+
 endif()
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 4db48216..1599d43b 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ include_directories(${TensorFlow_INCLUDE_DIR}/external/nsync/public)
 # Get this location from the CMAKE variables passed during the cmake time
 if (NOT DEFINED TF_SRC_DIR)
    message(
-       FATAL_ERROR 
+       FATAL_ERROR
        "TensorFlow source directory.Use -DTF_SRC_DIR=<tf source directory>"
     )
 endif()
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ include_directories(${TensorFlow_SRC_DIR})
 include_directories(${TensorFlow_SRC_DIR}/bazel-genfiles)
 
 add_library(tensorflow_cc_lib SHARED IMPORTED)
-set_target_properties( 
-    tensorflow_cc_lib 
-    PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION 
+set_target_properties(
+    tensorflow_cc_lib
+    PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION
     ${TensorFlow_SRC_DIR}/bazel-bin/tensorflow/libtensorflow_cc.so
 )
 
@@ -63,16 +63,16 @@ message(STATUS "Shared Link Flags: ${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS}")
 add_executable(gtest_ngtf ${SRC})
 message(STATUS "TensorFlow_SRC_DIR: ${TensorFlow_SRC_DIR}")
 
-# The following custom commands are used to create symlinks for various 
+# The following custom commands are used to create symlinks for various
 # input files needed by the unit test
-add_custom_command( 
+add_custom_command(
     TARGET gtest_ngtf
     PRE_BUILD
-    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink 
-        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/test_axpy.pbtxt 
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/test_axpy.pbtxt
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_axpy.pbtxt
-    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink 
-        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/test_axpy_launchop.pbtxt 
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/test_axpy_launchop.pbtxt
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_axpy_launchop.pbtxt
 )
 
@@ -81,12 +81,12 @@ if (APPLE)
 endif()
 
 if (NOT UNIT_TEST_TF_CC_DIR)
-    add_custom_target( 
+    add_custom_target(
         build_tf_cc
         COMMENT "Building TensorFlow C++ library"
-        COMMAND 
-            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/build_tf_cc.sh 
-            ${TensorFlow_SRC_DIR} 
+        COMMAND
+            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/build_tf_cc.sh
+            ${TensorFlow_SRC_DIR}
             ${NGRAPH_TF_CXX11_ABI}
     )
 
@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@ if (NOT UNIT_TEST_TF_CC_DIR)
 endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(
-    gtest_ngtf 
-    ngraph_bridge 
+    gtest_ngtf
+    ngraph_bridge
     ngraph_lib
-    libgtest 
-    pthread 
+    libgtest
+    pthread
     tensorflow_framework_lib
     tensorflow_cc_lib
 )
diff --git a/test/ci/docker/docker-scripts/run-ngraph-tf-build.sh b/test/ci/docker/docker-scripts/run-ngraph-tf-build.sh
index 38d36f70..04f4a63c 100755
--- a/test/ci/docker/docker-scripts/run-ngraph-tf-build.sh
+++ b/test/ci/docker/docker-scripts/run-ngraph-tf-build.sh
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ cd "${bridge_dir}"
 
 if [ ! -d "${ngraph_dist_dir}" ] ; then
     ( >&2 echo '***** Error: *****' )
-    ( >&2 echo "ngraph_dist directory does not exist -- this likely indicatesa build failure: ${ngraph_dist_dir}" )
+    ( >&2 echo "ngraph_dist directory does not exist -- this likely indicates a build failure: ${ngraph_dist_dir}" )
     exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/third-party/CMakeLists.txt b/third-party/CMakeLists.txt
index 65e1c6f0..2262bc4a 100644
--- a/third-party/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/third-party/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
     ext_abseil
     GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp.git
     GIT_TAG f21d187b80e3b7f08fb279775ea9c8b48c636030
-    CMAKE_ARGS 
+    CMAKE_ARGS
         -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF
+        -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
     SOURCE_DIR "${EXTERNAL_PROJECTS_ROOT}/abseil/src"
     BINARY_DIR "${EXTERNAL_PROJECTS_ROOT}/abseil/build"
     INSTALL_COMMAND ""