diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2f08db1..01a3729 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,9 +33,16 @@ link_libraries(${ROOT_LIBRARIES} ${ROOT_COMPONENT_LIBRARIES})
 add_definitions(${ROOT_DEFINITIONS})
 add_definitions("-DMONITORING")
 
+# Set up C++ Standard
+# ``-DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=<standard>`` when invoking CMake
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17 CACHE STRING "")
+
+# Prevent CMake falls back to the latest standard the compiler does support
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Low level settings - compiler etc
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-Wall -Wextra -Werror -pedantic -Wno-long-long -Wno-sign-compare -Wshadow -fno-strict-aliasing -std=c++17 ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-Wall -Wextra -Werror -pedantic -Wno-long-long -Wno-sign-compare -Wshadow -fno-strict-aliasing ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
 
 include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
 unset(COMPILER_SUPPORTS_CXX_FLAGS CACHE)