diff --git a/tests/examples/qt/qmloverlay/meson.build b/tests/examples/qt/qmloverlay/meson.build
index ccf27e9e58..b1912463fb 100644
--- a/tests/examples/qt/qmloverlay/meson.build
+++ b/tests/examples/qt/qmloverlay/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ sources = [
 qt_preprocessed = qt5_mod.preprocess(qresources : 'qmloverlay.qrc')
 executable('qmlgloverlay', sources, qt_preprocessed,
     dependencies : [gst_dep, qt5qml_example_deps],
+    override_options : ['cpp_std=c++11'],
     c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
     include_directories : [configinc],
     install: false)
diff --git a/tests/examples/qt/qmlsink-dynamically-added/meson.build b/tests/examples/qt/qmlsink-dynamically-added/meson.build
index 31facae0a1..783011aa07 100644
--- a/tests/examples/qt/qmlsink-dynamically-added/meson.build
+++ b/tests/examples/qt/qmlsink-dynamically-added/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ sources = [
 qt_preprocessed = qt5_mod.preprocess(qresources : 'qmlsink-dyn-added.qrc')
 executable('qmlsink-dynamically-added', sources, qt_preprocessed,
     dependencies : [gst_dep, gstgl_dep, qt5qml_example_deps],
+    override_options : ['cpp_std=c++11'],
     c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
     include_directories : [configinc],
     install: false)
diff --git a/tests/examples/qt/qmlsink/meson.build b/tests/examples/qt/qmlsink/meson.build
index f2a7a16746..5e2d1c93b9 100644
--- a/tests/examples/qt/qmlsink/meson.build
+++ b/tests/examples/qt/qmlsink/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ sources = [
 qt_preprocessed = qt5_mod.preprocess(qresources : 'qmlsink.qrc')
 executable('qmlsink', sources, qt_preprocessed,
     dependencies : [gst_dep, qt5qml_example_deps],
+    override_options : ['cpp_std=c++11'],
     c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
     include_directories : [configinc],
     install: false)
diff --git a/tests/examples/qt/qmlsrc/meson.build b/tests/examples/qt/qmlsrc/meson.build
index 3d55a28cb1..c7f3add642 100644
--- a/tests/examples/qt/qmlsrc/meson.build
+++ b/tests/examples/qt/qmlsrc/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ sources = [
 qt_preprocessed = qt5_mod.preprocess(qresources : 'qmlsrc.qrc')
 executable('qmlsrc', sources, qt_preprocessed,
     dependencies : [gst_dep, qt5qml_example_deps],
+    override_options : ['cpp_std=c++11'],
     c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
     include_directories : [configinc],
     install: false)