diff --git a/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp b/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
index 1641a2853..e26f97c6f 100644
--- a/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
+++ b/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
@@ -377,16 +377,16 @@ bool CmdLineParser::ParseFromArgs(int argc, const char* const argv[])
 
         // --std
         else if (strcmp(argv[i], "--std=posix") == 0) {
-            _settings->posix = true;
+            _settings->standards.posix = true;
         }
 
         // --C99
         else if (strcmp(argv[i], "--std=c99") == 0) {
-            _settings->c99 = true;
+            _settings->standards.c99 = true;
         }
 
         else if (strcmp(argv[i], "--std=c++11") == 0) {
-            _settings->cpp11 = true;
+            _settings->standards.cpp11 = true;
         }
 
         // Output formatter
diff --git a/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp b/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
index d46f9e5aa..d9508615b 100644
--- a/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@ void CheckBufferOverrun::checkScope(const Token *tok, const ArrayInfo &arrayInfo
         }
 
         // readlink()
-        if (_settings->posix && Token::Match(tok, "readlink ( %any% , %varid% , %num% )", arrayInfo.varid())) {
+        if (_settings->standards.posix && Token::Match(tok, "readlink ( %any% , %varid% , %num% )", arrayInfo.varid())) {
             const MathLib::bigint n = MathLib::toLongNumber(tok->strAt(6));
             if (total_size > 0 && n > total_size)
                 outOfBoundsError(tok->tokAt(4), "readlink() buf size", true, n, total_size);
diff --git a/lib/checknonreentrantfunctions.cpp b/lib/checknonreentrantfunctions.cpp
index 84171dfc6..0066a9d94 100644
--- a/lib/checknonreentrantfunctions.cpp
+++ b/lib/checknonreentrantfunctions.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace {
 
 void CheckNonReentrantFunctions::nonReentrantFunctions()
 {
-    if (!_settings->posix || !_settings->isEnabled("portability"))
+    if (!_settings->standards.posix || !_settings->isEnabled("portability"))
         return;
 
     // Don't check C# and Java code
diff --git a/lib/checkobsoletefunctions.cpp b/lib/checkobsoletefunctions.cpp
index e0e9cfe1a..8d53bfca4 100644
--- a/lib/checkobsoletefunctions.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkobsoletefunctions.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ void CheckObsoleteFunctions::obsoleteFunctions()
                 // Therefore this is "information"
                 reportError(tok->tokAt(1), Severity::style, "obsoleteFunctions"+it->first, it->second);
             } else {
-                if (_settings->posix) {
+                if (_settings->standards.posix) {
                     it = _obsoletePosixFunctions.find(tok->str());
                     if (it != _obsoletePosixFunctions.end()) {
                         // If checking an old code base it might be uninteresting to update obsolete functions.
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ void CheckObsoleteFunctions::obsoleteFunctions()
                         reportError(tok->tokAt(1), Severity::style, "obsoleteFunctions"+it->first, it->second);
                     }
                 }
-                if (_settings->c99) {
+                if (_settings->standards.c99) {
                     it = _obsoleteC99Functions.find(tok->str());
                     if (it != _obsoleteC99Functions.end()) {
                         reportError(tok->tokAt(1), Severity::style, "obsoleteFunctions"+it->first, it->second);
diff --git a/lib/settings.cpp b/lib/settings.cpp
index 79e35cc6f..9ce9aa90a 100644
--- a/lib/settings.cpp
+++ b/lib/settings.cpp
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ Settings::Settings()
     reportProgress = false;
     ifcfg = false;
     checkConfiguration = false;
-    c99 = false;
-    posix = false;
 
     // This assumes the code you are checking is for the same architecture this is compiled on.
 #if defined(_WIN64)
diff --git a/lib/settings.h b/lib/settings.h
index f2524cb65..2d26b4655 100644
--- a/lib/settings.h
+++ b/lib/settings.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <set>
 #include "suppressions.h"
+#include "standards.h"
 
 /// @addtogroup Core
 /// @{
@@ -182,14 +183,8 @@ public:
     /** Is the 'configuration checking' wanted? */
     bool checkConfiguration;
 
-    /** Code is posix - it is not compatible with non-posix environments */
-    bool posix;
-
-    /** Code is C99 standard - it is not compatible with previous versions */
-    bool c99;
-
-    /** Code follows C++11 standard - it is not compatible with previous versions */
-    bool cpp11;
+    /** Struct contains standards settings */
+    Standards standards;
 
     /** size of standard types */
     unsigned int sizeof_bool;
diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 4e5f82282..cec81f4f7 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -2401,7 +2401,7 @@ bool Tokenizer::tokenize(std::istream &code,
 
     removeRedundantSemicolons();
 
-    if (_settings->cpp11) {
+    if (_settings->standards.cpp11) {
         for (Token *tok = _tokens; tok; tok = tok->next()) {
             if (tok->str() == "nullptr")
                 tok->str("0");
diff --git a/test/testbufferoverrun.cpp b/test/testbufferoverrun.cpp
index 2b1ab08b4..4b0dc2f07 100644
--- a/test/testbufferoverrun.cpp
+++ b/test/testbufferoverrun.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ private:
 
         Settings settings;
         settings.inconclusive = true;
-        settings.posix = true;
+        settings.standards.posix = true;
         settings.experimental = experimental;
         settings.addEnabled("style");
         settings.addEnabled("portability");
diff --git a/test/testcmdlineparser.cpp b/test/testcmdlineparser.cpp
index e036eeb26..c9147c3d2 100644
--- a/test/testcmdlineparser.cpp
+++ b/test/testcmdlineparser.cpp
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ private:
         Settings settings;
         CmdLineParser parser(&settings);
         ASSERT(parser.ParseFromArgs(3, argv));
-        ASSERT(settings.posix);
+        ASSERT(settings.standards.posix);
     }
 
     void stdc99() {
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ private:
         Settings settings;
         CmdLineParser parser(&settings);
         ASSERT(parser.ParseFromArgs(3, argv));
-        ASSERT(settings.c99);
+        ASSERT(settings.standards.c99);
     }
 
     void stdcpp11() {
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ private:
         Settings settings;
         CmdLineParser parser(&settings);
         ASSERT(parser.ParseFromArgs(3, argv));
-        ASSERT(settings.cpp11);
+        ASSERT(settings.standards.cpp11);
     }
 
     void suppressionsOld() {
diff --git a/test/testnonreentrantfunctions.cpp b/test/testnonreentrantfunctions.cpp
index e86f95c31..b0730cf7e 100644
--- a/test/testnonreentrantfunctions.cpp
+++ b/test/testnonreentrantfunctions.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ private:
         errout.str("");
 
         Settings settings;
-        settings.posix = true;
+        settings.standards.posix = true;
         settings.addEnabled("portability");
 
         // Tokenize..
diff --git a/test/testnullpointer.cpp b/test/testnullpointer.cpp
index 4cb0266ba..c6c938e56 100644
--- a/test/testnullpointer.cpp
+++ b/test/testnullpointer.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ private:
         Settings settings;
         settings.addEnabled("style");
         settings.inconclusive = inconclusive;
-        settings.cpp11 = cpp11;
+        settings.standards.cpp11 = cpp11;
 
         // Tokenize..
         Tokenizer tokenizer(&settings, this);
diff --git a/test/testobsoletefunctions.cpp b/test/testobsoletefunctions.cpp
index a755a2f4a..8cbb4fe8f 100644
--- a/test/testobsoletefunctions.cpp
+++ b/test/testobsoletefunctions.cpp
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ private:
 
         Settings settings;
         settings.addEnabled("style");
-        settings.posix = true;
-        settings.c99 = true;
+        settings.standards.posix = true;
+        settings.standards.c99 = true;
 
         // Tokenize..
         Tokenizer tokenizer(&settings, this);