diff --git a/games/violetland/Makefile b/games/violetland/Makefile
index 33219ff08331..bbfb1ddd7a74 100644
--- a/games/violetland/Makefile
+++ b/games/violetland/Makefile
@@ -1,42 +1,42 @@
 PORTNAME=	violetland
 PORTVERSION=	0.5
 PORTREVISION=	16
 CATEGORIES=	games
 
 MAINTAINER=	amdmi3@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Top-down survival shoot 'em up
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3 CC-BY-SA-3.0
 LICENSE_COMB=	multi
 #LICENSE_FILE_GPLv3=		"${WRKSRC}/LICENSE (code)" # framework doesn't handle these properly
 #LICENSE_FILE_CC-BY-SA-3.0=	"${WRKSRC}/LICENSE (content)"
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libboost_filesystem.so:devel/boost-libs
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	ooxi
 GH_TUPLE=	jarro2783:CMake-Gettext:6ee6405:cmakegettext/lib/CMake-Gettext
 
 USES=		cmake compiler:c++11-lang gettext gl sdl
 USE_SDL=	sdl mixer image ttf
 USE_GL=		gl glu
-USE_CXXSTD=	c++98
+USE_CXXSTD=	c++11
 CMAKE_ARGS=	-DDATA_INSTALL_DIR="${DATADIR}" \
 		-DLOCALE_INSTALL_DIR="${PREFIX}/share/locale"
 
 PORTDOCS=	*
 PORTDATA=	*
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS NLS
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
 post-install:
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/${PORTNAME}.desktop ${STAGEDIR}${DESKTOPDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/icon-light.png ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/pixmaps/${PORTNAME}.png
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	cd ${WRKSRC} && ${INSTALL_DATA} CHANGELOG.md README.md README_RU.TXT \
 		${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/games/violetland/files/patch-src_system_utility_ImageUtility.cpp b/games/violetland/files/patch-src_system_utility_ImageUtility.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8731332c1450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/violetland/files/patch-src_system_utility_ImageUtility.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Fix compatibility with C++17, which is required to build with boost 1.76
+
+--- src/system/utility/ImageUtility.cpp.orig	2016-01-04 20:15:21 UTC
++++ src/system/utility/ImageUtility.cpp
+@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ SDL_Surface *ImageUtility::loadImage(boost::filesystem
+ SDL_Surface *ImageUtility::createImage(TTF_Font *font, char fgR, char fgG,
+ 		char fgB, char fgA, char bgR, char bgG, char bgB, char bgA,
+ 		std::string text, FontRenderingFlag quality) {
+-	SDL_Color tmpfontcolor = { fgR, fgG, fgB, fgA };
+-	SDL_Color tmpfontbgcolor = { bgR, bgG, bgB, bgA };
++	SDL_Color tmpfontcolor = { (Uint8)fgR, (Uint8)fgG, (Uint8)fgB, (Uint8)fgA };
++	SDL_Color tmpfontbgcolor = { (Uint8)bgR, (Uint8)bgG, (Uint8)bgB, (Uint8)bgA };
+ 	SDL_Surface *resulting_text = NULL;
+ 
+ 	if (quality == solid)