diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index f557f21..101a94d 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ def build(bld):
     bld(features = "cxx cxxprogram",
         target = "svi",
         source = bld.path.ant_glob("src/**/*.cc"),
-        cflags = ["-Wall"])
+        cxxflags = ["-Wall", "-std=gnu++14"])