diff --git a/lib/cppcheck.cpp b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
index b20d97228..f8427ae02 100644
--- a/lib/cppcheck.cpp
+++ b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
@@ -334,6 +334,12 @@ unsigned int CppCheck::check(const std::string &path)
 #endif
 
         std::string flags(lang + " ");
+        if (mSettings.standards.cpp == Standards::CPP14)
+            flags += "-std=c++14 ";
+        else if (mSettings.standards.cpp == Standards::CPP17)
+            flags += "-std=c++17 ";
+        else if (mSettings.standards.cpp == Standards::CPP20)
+            flags += "-std=c++20 ";
 
         for (const std::string &i: mSettings.includePaths)
             flags += "-I" + i + " ";
@@ -401,6 +407,12 @@ unsigned int CppCheck::check(const ImportProject::FileSettings &fs)
     temp.mSettings.userDefines += fs.cppcheckDefines();
     temp.mSettings.includePaths = fs.includePaths;
     temp.mSettings.userUndefs = fs.undefs;
+    if (fs.standard == "c++14")
+        temp.mSettings.standards.cpp = Standards::CPP14;
+    else if (fs.standard == "c++17")
+        temp.mSettings.standards.cpp = Standards::CPP17;
+    else if (fs.standard == "c++20")
+        temp.mSettings.standards.cpp = Standards::CPP20;
     if (fs.platformType != Settings::Unspecified)
         temp.mSettings.platform(fs.platformType);
     if (mSettings.clang) {
diff --git a/lib/importproject.cpp b/lib/importproject.cpp
index 9c073be41..0f27e6532 100644
--- a/lib/importproject.cpp
+++ b/lib/importproject.cpp
@@ -469,6 +469,11 @@ namespace {
                             if (!additionalIncludePaths.empty())
                                 additionalIncludePaths += ';';
                             additionalIncludePaths += e->GetText();
+                        } else if (std::strcmp(e->Name(), "LanguageStandard") == 0) {
+                            if (std::strcmp(e->GetText(), "stdcpp14") == 0)
+                                cppstd = Standards::CPP14;
+                            else if (std::strcmp(e->GetText(), "stdcpp17") == 0)
+                                cppstd = Standards::CPP17;
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -508,6 +513,7 @@ namespace {
         std::string condition;
         std::string preprocessorDefinitions;
         std::string additionalIncludePaths;
+        Standards::cppstd_t cppstd = Standards::CPPLatest;
     };
 }
 
@@ -696,6 +702,14 @@ void ImportProject::importVcxproj(const std::string &filename, std::map<std::str
             for (const ItemDefinitionGroup &i : itemDefinitionGroupList) {
                 if (!i.conditionIsTrue(p))
                     continue;
+                if (i.cppstd == Standards::CPP11)
+                    fs.standard = "c++11";
+                else if (i.cppstd == Standards::CPP14)
+                    fs.standard = "c++14";
+                else if (i.cppstd == Standards::CPP17)
+                    fs.standard = "c++14";
+                else if (i.cppstd == Standards::CPP20)
+                    fs.standard = "c++20";
                 fs.defines += ';' + i.preprocessorDefinitions;
                 additionalIncludePaths += ';' + i.additionalIncludePaths;
             }