diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/nut/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/nut/default.nix
index 41f46ff1c00..e0e196ac143 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/nut/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/nut/default.nix
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-std=c++14" ];
+
   postInstall = ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/nut-scanner --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : \
       "$out/lib:${neon}/lib:${libusb-compat-0_1.out}/lib:${avahi}/lib:${freeipmi}/lib"