diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 47b597222..9c8adfa25 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -221,9 +221,9 @@ set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} ${LINKER_FLAGS}")
 set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} ${LINKER_FLAGS}")
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS} ${LINKER_FLAGS}")
 
-# Activate C++11
+# Activate C++1y
 if(NOT ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL "MSVC")
-  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++14")
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++1y")
 endif()
 
 # Configuring other platform dependencies