diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 869cb9f0144ac8830e2d84bdfec4a7fb0b1bdbae..ea2ba6055afcd49e9f6a89709ef7c2984b9613bd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ if ( WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_CUDA )
         endforeach()
 
         if ( NOT "${CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS}" MATCHES "-std=" AND NOT WALBERLA_CXX_COMPILER_IS_MSVC )
-            list ( APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS "-std=c++11" )
+            list ( APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS "-std=c++14" )
         endif ()
 
         # Bug with gcc5 and cuda7.5: