diff --git a/package/libplatform/0001-cmake-require-c-11-as-the-minimum-standard.patch b/package/libplatform/0001-cmake-require-c-11-as-the-minimum-standard.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b880a31953
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libplatform/0001-cmake-require-c-11-as-the-minimum-standard.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From ad9fcceb6267e737316b616551b7aac3cf676481 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Lukas Rusak <lorusak@gmail.com>
+Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 15:31:36 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] [cmake] require c++11 as the minimum standard
+
+Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
+[Upstream status: https://github.com/Pulse-Eight/platform/pull/46]
+---
+ CMakeLists.txt | 4 ++++
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 7144b0b..e9112f9 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ project(p8-platform)
+ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.9)
+ enable_language(CXX)
+ 
++set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
++set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED YES)
++set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS NO)
++
+ set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR})
+ 
+ find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
diff --git a/package/libplatform/libplatform.mk b/package/libplatform/libplatform.mk
index 5d909f784c..90192369fe 100644
--- a/package/libplatform/libplatform.mk
+++ b/package/libplatform/libplatform.mk
@@ -10,8 +10,4 @@ LIBPLATFORM_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 LIBPLATFORM_LICENSE_FILES = src/os.h
 LIBPLATFORM_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_5),)
-LIBPLATFORM_CONF_OPTS += -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="$(TARGET_CXXFLAGS) -std=c++11"
-endif
-
 $(eval $(cmake-package))