diff --git a/ReactCommon/cxxreact/BUCK b/ReactCommon/cxxreact/BUCK
index 6c5ec502c18..48eece68673 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/cxxreact/BUCK
+++ b/ReactCommon/cxxreact/BUCK
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ cxx_library(
     '-fno-omit-frame-pointer',
     '-Wall',
     '-Werror',
-    '-std=c++11',
+    '-std=c++1y',
     '-fexceptions',
   ],
   deps = [
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ react_library(
     '-fexceptions',
     '-fvisibility=hidden',
     '-frtti',
+    '-std=c++1y',
   ] + REACT_LIBRARY_EXTRA_COMPILER_FLAGS,
   deps = [
     ':module',