diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ffa407d53d..f3e223cfac 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6742,7 +6742,7 @@ if [ -z "$nvccflags" ]; then
     nvccflags=$nvccflags_default
 fi

-nvccflags="$nvccflags -std=c++11"
+nvccflags="$nvccflags -std=c++14"

 if enabled x86_64 || enabled ppc64 || enabled aarch64; then
     nvccflags="$nvccflags -m64"