diff --git a/math/psurface/Makefile b/math/psurface/Makefile
index 1afbc41670de..f4a0c0c6d56e 100644
--- a/math/psurface/Makefile
+++ b/math/psurface/Makefile
@@ -1,26 +1,27 @@
 PORTNAME=	psurface
 DISTVERSION=	2.0.0-13
 DISTVERSIONSUFFIX=	-gb5b6825
 PORTREVISION=	2
 CATEGORIES=	math
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Piecewise linear bijections between triangulated surfaces
 WWW=		https://github.com/psurface/psurface
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3+
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libhdf5.so:science/hdf5
 
 USES=		autoreconf libtool localbase
+USE_CXXSTD=	c++14 # fix compilation failure on 14 due to use of std::auto_ptr that was deprecated in C++17
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 
 TEST_TARGET=	check # 2 tests fail because the file examplefiles/tricube-anticlockwise.msh is missing, see https://github.com/psurface/psurface/issues/3
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>