diff --git a/srcpkgs/commoncpp2/template b/srcpkgs/commoncpp2/template
index 181a6a9e07b..e6815d97c41 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/commoncpp2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/commoncpp2/template
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ homepage='http://www.gnu.org/software/commoncpp/'
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/commoncpp/$pkgname-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum="53ced4aff74e28a1d8018eb2b4974519028db3c12471ab6dff1c873578c9af4e"
 
+export CXXFLAGS="-std=c++14"
+
 commoncpp2-devel_package() {
 	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"