diff --git a/Boost/config.py b/Boost/config.py
index 537e992982..bbbc24d1dd 100644
--- a/Boost/config.py
+++ b/Boost/config.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 	"commands" : [
 
 		"./bootstrap.sh --prefix={buildDir} --with-python={buildDir}/bin/python --with-python-root={buildDir} --without-libraries=log --without-icu",
-		"./bjam -d+2 -j {jobs} --disable-icu cxxflags='-std=c++11' variant=release link=shared threading=multi install",
+		"./bjam -d+2 -j {jobs} --disable-icu cxxflags='-std={c++Standard}' variant=release link=shared threading=multi install",
 
 	],
 
diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 0df776bb5e..c5a6724f93 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ This major version introduces the concept of build variants, and provides packag
 - Cortex : Updated to version 10.0.0-a78.
 - USD : Updated to version 20.05.
 - LibRaw : Added version 0.19.5.
+- Build : Switched standard to C++14.
 
 1.2.0
 -----
diff --git a/Cortex/config.py b/Cortex/config.py
index bbd607ba4c..3106d06c53 100644
--- a/Cortex/config.py
+++ b/Cortex/config.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 		"scons install installDoc"
 			" -j {jobs}"
 			" CXX=`which g++`"
+			" CXXSTD={c++Standard}"
 			" INSTALL_PREFIX={buildDir}"
 			" INSTALL_DOC_DIR={buildDir}/doc/cortex"
 			" INSTALL_RMANPROCEDURAL_NAME={buildDir}/renderMan/procedurals/iePython"
diff --git a/TBB/config.py b/TBB/config.py
index fee9b21765..c7497b72d6 100644
--- a/TBB/config.py
+++ b/TBB/config.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 	"commands" : [
 
-		"make -j {jobs} stdver=c++11",
+		"make -j {jobs} stdver={c++Standard}",
 		"cp -r include/tbb {buildDir}/include",
 		"{installLibsCommand}",
 
diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index e4f7b27c85..91665fa51b 100755
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@ def walk( project, configs, buildDir ) :
 	"version" : __version,
 	"platform" : "osx" if sys.platform == "darwin" else "linux",
 	"sharedLibraryExtension" : ".dylib" if sys.platform == "darwin" else ".so",
+	"c++Standard" : "c++14",
 	"variants" : "".join( "-{}{}".format( key, variants[key] ) for key in sorted( variants.keys() ) ),
 }