diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b19081c..e4aeaaf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ option(TRITON_ENABLE_MEMORY_TRACKER "Include device memory tracker in backend ut
 set(TRITON_COMMON_REPO_TAG "main" CACHE STRING "Tag for triton-inference-server/common repo")
 set(TRITON_CORE_REPO_TAG "main" CACHE STRING "Tag for triton-inference-server/core repo")
 
+#
+# Setting C++ standard
+#
+set(TRITON_MIN_CXX_STANDARD 17 CACHE STRING "The minimum C++ standard whose features are requested to build this target.")
+
 if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
   set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release)
 endif()
@@ -76,7 +81,7 @@ if(${TRITON_ENABLE_GPU})
   find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
   find_package(CUDA REQUIRED)
   message(STATUS "Using CUDA ${CUDA_VERSION}")
-  set(CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS -std=c++11)
+  set(CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS -std=c++${TRITON_MIN_CXX_STANDARD})
 
   if(CUDA_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "10.1" OR CUDA_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL "10.1")
     add_definitions(-DTRITON_ENABLE_CUDA_GRAPH=1)
@@ -145,7 +150,8 @@ if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "MSVC")
       "If the target system is not Windows 10, please update _WIN32_WINNT "
       "to corresponding value.")
 endif()
-target_compile_features(triton-backend-utils PRIVATE cxx_std_11)
+
+target_compile_features(triton-backend-utils PRIVATE cxx_std_${TRITON_MIN_CXX_STANDARD})
 target_compile_options(
   triton-backend-utils
   PRIVATE
diff --git a/examples/backends/bls/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/backends/bls/CMakeLists.txt
index f584009..e30ea28 100644
--- a/examples/backends/bls/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/backends/bls/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ set(TRITON_BACKEND_REPO_TAG "main" CACHE STRING "Tag for triton-inference-server
 set(TRITON_CORE_REPO_TAG "main" CACHE STRING "Tag for triton-inference-server/core repo")
 set(TRITON_COMMON_REPO_TAG "main" CACHE STRING "Tag for triton-inference-server/common repo")
 
+#
+# Setting C++ min standard
+#
+set(TRITON_MIN_CXX_STANDARD 17 CACHE STRING "The minimum C++ standard whose features are requested to build this target.")
+
 if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
   set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release)
 endif()
@@ -100,7 +105,7 @@ target_include_directories(
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src
 )
 
-target_compile_features(triton-bls-backend PRIVATE cxx_std_11)
+target_compile_features(triton-bls-backend PRIVATE cxx_std_${TRITON_MIN_CXX_STANDARD})
 target_compile_options(
   triton-bls-backend PRIVATE
   $<$<OR:$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:Clang>,$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:AppleClang>,$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:GNU>>:
diff --git a/examples/backends/minimal/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/backends/minimal/CMakeLists.txt
index ab3ebd5..94ed1a6 100644
--- a/examples/backends/minimal/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/backends/minimal/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ set(TRITON_COMMON_REPO_TAG "main" CACHE STRING "Tag for triton-inference-server/
 set(TRITON_CORE_REPO_TAG "main" CACHE STRING "Tag for triton-inference-server/core repo")
 set(TRITON_BACKEND_REPO_TAG "main" CACHE STRING "Tag for triton-inference-server/backend repo")
 
+#
+# Setting C++ min standard
+#
+set(TRITON_MIN_CXX_STANDARD 17 CACHE STRING "The minimum C++ standard whose features are requested to build this target.")
+
 if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
   set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release)
 endif()
@@ -97,7 +102,7 @@ target_include_directories(
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src
 )
 
-target_compile_features(triton-minimal-backend PRIVATE cxx_std_11)
+target_compile_features(triton-minimal-backend PRIVATE cxx_std_${TRITON_MIN_CXX_STANDARD})
 target_compile_options(
   triton-minimal-backend PRIVATE
   $<$<OR:$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:Clang>,$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:AppleClang>,$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:GNU>>:
diff --git a/examples/backends/recommended/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/backends/recommended/CMakeLists.txt
index 26e451a..803638b 100644
--- a/examples/backends/recommended/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/backends/recommended/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ set(TRITON_COMMON_REPO_TAG "main" CACHE STRING "Tag for triton-inference-server/
 set(TRITON_CORE_REPO_TAG "main" CACHE STRING "Tag for triton-inference-server/core repo")
 set(TRITON_BACKEND_REPO_TAG "main" CACHE STRING "Tag for triton-inference-server/backend repo")
 
+#
+# Setting C++ min standard
+#
+set(TRITON_MIN_CXX_STANDARD 17 CACHE STRING "The minimum C++ standard whose features are requested to build this target.")
+
 if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
   set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release)
 endif()
@@ -97,7 +102,7 @@ target_include_directories(
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src
 )
 
-target_compile_features(triton-recommended-backend PRIVATE cxx_std_11)
+target_compile_features(triton-recommended-backend PRIVATE cxx_std_${TRITON_MIN_CXX_STANDARD})
 target_compile_options(
   triton-recommended-backend PRIVATE
   $<$<OR:$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:Clang>,$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:AppleClang>,$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:GNU>>:
diff --git a/examples/batching_strategies/single_batching/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/batching_strategies/single_batching/CMakeLists.txt
index 6c9ba94..7ab1af7 100644
--- a/examples/batching_strategies/single_batching/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/batching_strategies/single_batching/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ set(TRITON_COMMON_REPO_TAG "main" CACHE STRING "Tag for triton-inference-server/
 set(TRITON_CORE_REPO_TAG "main" CACHE STRING "Tag for triton-inference-server/core repo")
 set(TRITON_BACKEND_REPO_TAG "main" CACHE STRING "Tag for triton-inference-server/backend repo")
 
+#
+# Setting C++ min standard
+#
+set(TRITON_MIN_CXX_STANDARD 17 CACHE STRING "The minimum C++ standard whose features are requested to build this target.")
+
 if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
   set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release)
 endif()
@@ -81,7 +86,7 @@ target_include_directories(
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src
 )
 
-target_compile_features(triton-single-batching PRIVATE cxx_std_11)
+target_compile_features(triton-single-batching PRIVATE cxx_std_${TRITON_MIN_CXX_STANDARD})
 target_compile_options(
   triton-single-batching PRIVATE
   $<$<OR:$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:Clang>,$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:AppleClang>,$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:GNU>>:
diff --git a/examples/batching_strategies/volume_batching/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/batching_strategies/volume_batching/CMakeLists.txt
index 02eed01..5636bdd 100644
--- a/examples/batching_strategies/volume_batching/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/batching_strategies/volume_batching/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ set(TRITON_COMMON_REPO_TAG "main" CACHE STRING "Tag for triton-inference-server/
 set(TRITON_CORE_REPO_TAG "main" CACHE STRING "Tag for triton-inference-server/core repo")
 set(TRITON_BACKEND_REPO_TAG "main" CACHE STRING "Tag for triton-inference-server/backend repo")
 
+#
+# Setting C++ min standard
+#
+set(TRITON_MIN_CXX_STANDARD 17 CACHE STRING "The minimum C++ standard whose features are requested to build this target.")
+
 if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
   set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release)
 endif()
@@ -81,7 +86,7 @@ target_include_directories(
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src
 )
 
-target_compile_features(triton-volume-batching PRIVATE cxx_std_11)
+target_compile_features(triton-volume-batching PRIVATE cxx_std_${TRITON_MIN_CXX_STANDARD})
 target_compile_options(
   triton-volume-batching PRIVATE
   $<$<OR:$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:Clang>,$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:AppleClang>,$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:GNU>>: