diff --git a/src/meshlabplugins/io_base/io_base.pro b/src/meshlabplugins/io_base/io_base.pro
index 0cfc26b6e..738e0f2ab 100644
--- a/src/meshlabplugins/io_base/io_base.pro
+++ b/src/meshlabplugins/io_base/io_base.pro
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ SOURCES       += baseio.cpp \
 
 TARGET        = io_base
 CONFIG += c++14
+linux-clang++:QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -std=c++14
+linux-g++:QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -std=c++14