diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/ssiapi/ssiapi_1.3.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/ssiapi/ssiapi_1.3.0.bb
index 13ed7570b1..bf9de31f84 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/ssiapi/ssiapi_1.3.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/ssiapi/ssiapi_1.3.0.bb
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ S ="${WORKDIR}/${BPN}.${PV}"
 
 inherit autotools
 
+CXXFLAGS += "-std=gnu++14"
+
 do_configure:prepend(){
     ${S}/autogen.sh
 }