diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-printing/cups/cups-filters_1.28.17.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-printing/cups/cups-filters_1.28.17.bb
index 01c29d2c97..dc527bf721 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-printing/cups/cups-filters_1.28.17.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-printing/cups/cups-filters_1.28.17.bb
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ EXTRA_OECONF:class-native += " --with-pdftops=pdftops \
                                     --disable-ldap \
                                     --with-png --without-jpeg --without-tiff"
 
+CXXFLAGS += "-std=c++17"
+
 PACKAGECONFIG[jpeg] = "--with-jpeg,--without-jpeg,jpeg"
 PACKAGECONFIG[png] = "--with-png,--without-png,libpng"
 PACKAGECONFIG[tiff] = "--with-tiff,--without-tiff,tiff"