diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7c6018cb1c..21e5c2f050 100755
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ jobs:
             - $HOME/Library/Caches/Homebrew
             - /usr/local/Homebrew
         env:
-          - CMAKE_OPTS="-DBUILD_QT5=ON -DUSE_PYTHON3=1 -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS='-Wno-deprecated-declarations' -DBUILD_FEM_NETGEN=1 -DBUILD_FEM=1 -DBUILD_TECHDRAW=0 -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH='/usr/local/opt/qt/lib/cmake;/usr/local/opt/nglib/Contents/Resources' -DBUILD_FEM_NETGEN:BOOL=ON -DFREECAD_USE_EXTERNAL_KDL=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"
+          - CMAKE_OPTS="-DBUILD_QT5=ON -DBUILD_ENABLE_CXX_STD='C++17' -DUSE_PYTHON3=1 -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS='-Wno-deprecated-declarations' -DBUILD_FEM_NETGEN=1 -DBUILD_FEM=1 -DBUILD_TECHDRAW=0 -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH='/usr/local/opt/qt/lib/cmake;/usr/local/opt/nglib/Contents/Resources' -DBUILD_FEM_NETGEN:BOOL=ON -DFREECAD_USE_EXTERNAL_KDL=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"
           - PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
           - CACHE_NAME=OSX1