diff --git a/plugins/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
index a4e56921f..dde913d56 100644
--- a/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ SET(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}")
 SET(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}")
 SET(CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX "")
 
-# Enable C++11
-SET(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+# Enable C++14
+SET(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
 
 IF(LMMS_BUILD_APPLE)
 	SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -stdlib=libc++")
diff --git a/plugins/LadspaEffect/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/LadspaEffect/CMakeLists.txt
index 5bfbc3284..951615ad4 100644
--- a/plugins/LadspaEffect/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/LadspaEffect/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ BUILD_PLUGIN(ladspaeffect LadspaEffect.cpp LadspaControls.cpp LadspaControlDialo
 
 SET(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/ladspa")
 
-SET(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
-
 IF(WANT_CAPS)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(caps)
 ENDIF(WANT_CAPS)
diff --git a/plugins/LadspaEffect/calf/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/LadspaEffect/calf/CMakeLists.txt
index 4924169e4..f5fb632f6 100644
--- a/plugins/LadspaEffect/calf/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/LadspaEffect/calf/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # Note:
 # 	The last version of Calf that was LADSPA-capable is version 0.0.18.2
 
-SET(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
-
 # Parse version info from autoconf
 FILE(READ veal/configure.ac VERSION_FILE)
 STRING(REPLACE "[" ";" VERSION_FILE ${VERSION_FILE} )
diff --git a/plugins/vst_base/RemoteVstPlugin/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/vst_base/RemoteVstPlugin/CMakeLists.txt
index f4023fd42..aa77459b6 100644
--- a/plugins/vst_base/RemoteVstPlugin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/vst_base/RemoteVstPlugin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ if(WIN32)
 endif()
 
 if(IS_MINGW)
-	SET(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS "-std=c++11")
+	SET(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS "-std=c++14")
 
 	CHECK_CXX_SOURCE_COMPILES("
 	#include <mutex>
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 3ebec349e..0a63a28d5 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ SET(LMMS_UIS "")
 SET(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
 SET(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 
-# Enable C++11
-SET(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+# Enable C++14
+SET(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
 
 IF(LMMS_BUILD_APPLE)
 	SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -stdlib=libc++")