diff --git a/development/libodb/libodb.SlackBuild b/development/libodb/libodb.SlackBuild
index 9757d56a2e..baab51784c 100644
--- a/development/libodb/libodb.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/libodb/libodb.SlackBuild
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ find -L . \
   -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
-CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS -std=c++14" \
 ./configure \
   --prefix=/usr \
   --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \