diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/gengetopt/gengetopt_2.23.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/gengetopt/gengetopt_2.23.bb
index 52c1016335..4d97b1a419 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/gengetopt/gengetopt_2.23.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/gengetopt/gengetopt_2.23.bb
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "b941aec9011864978dd7fdeb052b1943535824169d2aa2b0e7eae9ab80
 
 inherit autotools texinfo
 
+CXXFLAGS += "-std=c++14"
+
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"