diff --git a/frameworks/CMakeLists.txt b/frameworks/CMakeLists.txt
index 117781b7be536bcc62e095aba623076ce4f7a0e1..8d27aecea01bfc90b1b6bd248902fd6b78170f0e 100644
--- a/frameworks/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/frameworks/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ LCGPackage_add(
     URL ${GenURL}/acts-${acts_native_version}.tar.gz
     CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
                -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<INSTALL_DIR>
+               -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD}
                -DACTS_BUILD_PLUGIN_IDENTIFICATION=ON
                -DACTS_BUILD_PLUGIN_DIGITIZATION=ON
                -DACTS_BUILD_PLUGIN_DD4HEP=ON