diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index c10098a9c7..4a0108c3b9 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 project('All GStreamer modules', 'c',
   version : '1.19.2.1',
   meson_version : '>= 0.54.0',
-  default_options : ['buildtype=debugoptimized'])
+  default_options : ['buildtype=debugoptimized',
+                     # Needed due to https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/1889,
+                     # but this can cause problems in the future. Remove it
+                     # when it's no longer necessary.
+                     'cpp_std=c++14'])
 
 gst_version = '>= @0@'.format(meson.project_version())