diff --git a/Common/base.pri b/Common/base.pri
index 8f1b05bc12..9447edebc0 100644
--- a/Common/base.pri
+++ b/Common/base.pri
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ core_linux {
 				QMAKE_LINK_SHLIB  = $$join(QMAKE_CUSTOM_SYSROOT_BIN, , , "g++")
 
                 QMAKE_CFLAGS      += --sysroot $$QMAKE_CUSTOM_SYSROOT
-				QMAKE_CXXFLAGS    += --sysroot $$QMAKE_CUSTOM_SYSROOT -std=gnu++11
+				QMAKE_CXXFLAGS    += --sysroot $$QMAKE_CUSTOM_SYSROOT -std=gnu++1y
 				QMAKE_LFLAGS      += --sysroot $$QMAKE_CUSTOM_SYSROOT
 			}
 		}