diff --git a/tools/build/feature/Makefile b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
index 71390309f4d751f0bc40b82bed9be4765880ca1f..0a3244ad967307cef0793d4f8df46eae96e48bd0 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/Makefile
+++ b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ $(OUTPUT)test-jvmti-cmlr.bin:
 	$(BUILD)
 
 $(OUTPUT)test-llvm.bin:
-	$(BUILDXX) -std=gnu++11 				\
+	$(BUILDXX) -std=gnu++14 				\
 		-I$(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --includedir) 		\
 		-L$(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --libdir)		\
 		$(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --libs Core BPF)		\
@@ -308,12 +308,12 @@ $(OUTPUT)test-llvm.bin:
 		> $(@:.bin=.make.output) 2>&1
 
 $(OUTPUT)test-llvm-version.bin:
-	$(BUILDXX) -std=gnu++11 				\
+	$(BUILDXX) -std=gnu++14					\
 		-I$(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --includedir)		\
 		> $(@:.bin=.make.output) 2>&1
 
 $(OUTPUT)test-clang.bin:
-	$(BUILDXX) -std=gnu++11 				\
+	$(BUILDXX) -std=gnu++14					\
 		-I$(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --includedir) 		\
 		-L$(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --libdir)		\
 		-Wl,--start-group -lclangBasic -lclangDriver	\
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index 4a9baed28f2eb36cc071e67dbaca1ad4ebf45103..07e65a061fd3a13b3863346dc5d641e0a0480cc4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ CORE_CFLAGS += -Wall
 CORE_CFLAGS += -Wextra
 CORE_CFLAGS += -std=gnu99
 
-CXXFLAGS += -std=gnu++11 -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti
+CXXFLAGS += -std=gnu++14 -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti
 CXXFLAGS += -Wall
 CXXFLAGS += -fno-omit-frame-pointer
 CXXFLAGS += -ggdb3