diff --git a/app-text/kbibtex/files/kbibtex-0.10.0-cxx17.patch b/app-text/kbibtex/files/kbibtex-0.10.0-cxx17.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..33fb8ebb45427
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-text/kbibtex/files/kbibtex-0.10.0-cxx17.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
+     LANGUAGES CXX
+ )
+ 
+-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
++set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+ set(QT_MIN_VERSION 5.9.0)
+ # Somewhat arbitrary chosen version number ...
+ set(KF5_MIN_VERSION 5.51)
diff --git a/app-text/kbibtex/kbibtex-0.10.0.ebuild b/app-text/kbibtex/kbibtex-0.10.0.ebuild
index 11a10b600ce58..aa8b9929c2d59 100644
--- a/app-text/kbibtex/kbibtex-0.10.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-text/kbibtex/kbibtex-0.10.0.ebuild
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
 	>=dev-qt/qtconcurrent-${QTMIN}:5
 "
 
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-cxx17.patch )
+
 src_configure() {
 	local mycmakeargs=(
 		-DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_Qt5WebKitWidgets=ON