diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/dxva/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/dxva/meson.build
index a00d03f25c..6eba003556 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/dxva/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/dxva/meson.build
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ gstdxva = library('gstdxva-' + api_version,
   version : libversion,
   soversion : soversion,
   install : true,
-  dependencies : [gstvideo_dep, gstcodecs_dep]
+  dependencies : [gstvideo_dep, gstcodecs_dep],
+  override_options: ['cpp_std=c++11'],
 )
 
 library_def = {'lib': gstdxva}