diff --git a/config/common.gypi b/config/common.gypi
index 2b44d6253..7ca4b83d7 100644
--- a/config/common.gypi
+++ b/config/common.gypi
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
                     'GCC_ENABLE_CPP_EXCEPTIONS': 'YES',
                     'CLANG_CXX_LIBRARY': 'libc++',
                     'MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET': '10.7',
+                    'OTHER_CFLAGS': ['-std=c++14'],
                 },
                 'include_dirs': [
                     # install qt via homebrew only