diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xml-tooling-c/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xml-tooling-c/default.nix
index 9cf3ddb9219..39e25241c94 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/xml-tooling-c/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xml-tooling-c/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ boost curl openssl log4shib xercesc xml-security-c ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config ];
 
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-std=c++14" ];
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {