diff --git a/src/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/src/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 535dff2910..5fbb5e05c5 100644
--- a/src/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 ADD_EXECUTABLE(IfcParseExamples IfcParseExamples.cpp)
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(IfcParseExamples IfcParse)
 set_target_properties(IfcParseExamples PROPERTIES FOLDER Examples)
+target_compile_features(IfcParseExamples PUBLIC cxx_std_17)
 
 ADD_EXECUTABLE(IfcOpenHouse IfcOpenHouse.cpp)
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(IfcOpenHouse ${IFCOPENSHELL_LIBRARIES} ${OPENCASCADE_LIBRARIES})