diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/log4cpp/log4cpp_1.1.3.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/log4cpp/log4cpp_1.1.3.bb
index d9a55dd761..8e6d455174 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/log4cpp/log4cpp_1.1.3.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/log4cpp/log4cpp_1.1.3.bb
@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = "\
     --enable-html-docs=no \
     --enable-latex-docs=no \
 "
+
+CXXFLAGS += "-std=c++14"