diff --git a/security/vxquery/Makefile b/security/vxquery/Makefile
index d2d94afff5e7..116acfe7d46b 100644
--- a/security/vxquery/Makefile
+++ b/security/vxquery/Makefile
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 PORTNAME=	vxquery
 PORTVERSION=	0.2.1
 CATEGORIES=	security textproc
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.vuxml.org/files/
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	VuXML Query Tool
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 
 USES=	tar:bzip2
+USE_CXXSTD=	c++14
+
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/object/vxquery ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>