diff --git a/examples/ios-demo/HippyDemo.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/examples/ios-demo/HippyDemo.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 3915e119c00..f052e44e49b 100644
--- a/examples/ios-demo/HippyDemo.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/examples/ios-demo/HippyDemo.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@
 			isa = XCBuildConfiguration;
 			buildSettings = {
 				ASSETCATALOG_COMPILER_APPICON_NAME = AppIcon;
+				CLANG_CXX_LANGUAGE_STANDARD = "c++17";
 				CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY = "Apple Development";
 				CODE_SIGN_STYLE = Automatic;
 				DEVELOPMENT_TEAM = "";
@@ -363,6 +364,7 @@
 			isa = XCBuildConfiguration;
 			buildSettings = {
 				ASSETCATALOG_COMPILER_APPICON_NAME = AppIcon;
+				CLANG_CXX_LANGUAGE_STANDARD = "c++17";
 				CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY = "Apple Development";
 				CODE_SIGN_STYLE = Automatic;
 				DEVELOPMENT_TEAM = "";
diff --git a/hippy.podspec b/hippy.podspec
index dfa16bc1de8..c019e68afa0 100644
--- a/hippy.podspec
+++ b/hippy.podspec
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
     cores.exclude_files = ['core/include/core/napi/v8','core/src/napi/v8','core/js','core/third_party/base/src/platform/adr', 'core/include/core/inspector', 'core/src/inspector']
     #this setting causes 'There are header files outside of the header_mappings_dir'
     # cores.header_mappings_dir = 'core/include/'
-    cores.xcconfig = {'HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS' => '${PODS_ROOT}/hippy/core/third_party/base/include/ ${PODS_ROOT}/hippy/core/include/'}
+    cores.xcconfig = {
+      'HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS' => '${PODS_ROOT}/hippy/core/third_party/base/include/ ${PODS_ROOT}/hippy/core/include/',
+      'CLANG_CXX_LANGUAGE_STANDARD' => 'c++17'
+    }
     puts 'hippy subspec \'core\' read end'
   end
 end
diff --git a/ios/sdk/HippyLibrary.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/ios/sdk/HippyLibrary.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index fc5ce0a5622..0f175d6deb3 100644
--- a/ios/sdk/HippyLibrary.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/ios/sdk/HippyLibrary.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -1933,6 +1933,7 @@
 		F4C92876291C96010078351C /* Debug */ = {
 			isa = XCBuildConfiguration;
 			buildSettings = {
+				CLANG_CXX_LANGUAGE_STANDARD = "c++17";
 				CODE_SIGN_STYLE = Automatic;
 				HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS = (
 					"$(SRCROOT)/../../core/include",
@@ -1948,6 +1949,7 @@
 		F4C92877291C96010078351C /* Release */ = {
 			isa = XCBuildConfiguration;
 			buildSettings = {
+				CLANG_CXX_LANGUAGE_STANDARD = "c++17";
 				CODE_SIGN_STYLE = Automatic;
 				GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS = "NDEBUG=1";
 				HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS = (