diff --git a/devel/zthread/Makefile b/devel/zthread/Makefile
index c374285d9edb..f8ff4236761d 100644
--- a/devel/zthread/Makefile
+++ b/devel/zthread/Makefile
@@ -1,40 +1,43 @@
 PORTNAME=	zthread
 PORTVERSION=	2.3.2
 PORTREVISION=	2
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/ZThread/${PORTVERSION}
 DISTNAME=	ZThread-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Platform-independent object-oriented C++ threading library
 WWW=		http://zthread.sourceforge.net/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 USES=		libtool
+USE_CXXSTD=	c++14
+USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
+
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--without-ftime --disable-static
+
 MAKE_ARGS=	INSTALL_PROGRAM="${INSTALL_SCRIPT}"
-USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 PORTDOCS=	AUTHORS ChangeLog NEWS README TODO
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 post-extract:
 	@${FIND} ${WRKSRC} -name CVS -type d -delete
 
 post-patch:
 	@${FIND} ${WRKSRC} \( -name '*.orig' -or -name '*.swp' \) -delete
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -E 's,(bin|data|inlude)dir\),DESTDIR)$$(&,' \
 		${WRKSRC}/Makefile.in
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libZThread.so
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	(cd ${WRKSRC} && ${INSTALL_DATA} ${PORTDOCS} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR})
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>