diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp_git.bb
index 38c3dbc510..9557c9345e 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp_git.bb
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ inherit cmake
 
 EXTRA_OECMAKE = "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
                  -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF    \
+                 -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=14 \
                 "
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"