diff --git a/example/CMakeLists.txt b/example/CMakeLists.txt
index a1bad57..fd52853 100644
--- a/example/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/example/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
 
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 if((CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU") OR (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang"))
     set(OPTIONS -Wall -Wextra -pedantic-errors -Werror)
 elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "MSVC")