diff --git a/packages/devel/libfmt/package.mk b/packages/devel/libfmt/package.mk
index 57395f053e..569570b9d6 100644
--- a/packages/devel/libfmt/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/libfmt/package.mk
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ PKG_URL="https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/archive/$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_LONGDESC="fmt is an open-source formatting library for C++. It can be used as a safe alternative to printf or as a fast alternative to IOStreams."
 
-PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_TARGET="-DFMT_DOC=OFF -DFMT_INSTALL=ON -DFMT_TEST=OFF -DFMT_USE_CPP11=ON"
+PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_TARGET="-DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=14 -DCMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS:BOOL=OFF -DFMT_DOC=OFF -DFMT_INSTALL=ON -DFMT_TEST=OFF"