diff --git a/projects/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/CMakeLists.txt
index 07a905c545e93e4d4654358f03b00b8758c57e82..6ae4fdf8dc262474ca3086ab366f0083acf6d031 100644
--- a/projects/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -452,7 +452,11 @@ LCGPackage_add(
                -DGEANT4_USE_USOLIDS=ALL
                -DVecGeom_DIR=${VecGeom_home}/lib/cmake/VecGeom
              ENDIF
-             -DGEANT4_BUILD_CXXSTD=${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD}
+             IF <VERSION> VERSION_LESS 11.00 THEN
+                 -DGEANT4_BUILD_CXXSTD=${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD}
+             ELSE
+                 -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD}
+             ENDIF
              -DGEANT4_USE_PYTHON=ON
   BUILD_COMMAND ${MAKE}
   INSTALL_COMMAND make install