diff --git a/src/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/src/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 9e71d86f31..f9eb9fab3f 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)
 
 if (WITH_OPENCASCADE)