diff --git a/srcpkgs/beignet/template b/srcpkgs/beignet/template
index dce6bbb7ae2..961fd7ec224 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/beignet/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/beignet/template
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ homepage="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Beignet/"
 distfiles="https://01.org/sites/default/files/${pkgname}-${version}-source.tar.gz"
 checksum=c555edba149de23243965a703f39f79fa06f15bcff5a3762b5544b0925010b43
 
+export CXXFLAGS="-std=c++14"
+
 post_install() {
 	# remove CL headers, we do use opencl-headers instead.
 	rm -r ${DESTDIR}/usr/include