diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 54daf4951a..f4e04dc84b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ project(tritonserver LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
 include(CMakeDependentOption)
 
+# Use C++17 standard as Triton's minimum required.
+set(TRITON_MIN_CXX_STANDARD 17 CACHE STRING "The minimum C++ standard which features are requested to build this target.")
+
 set(TRITON_VERSION "0.0.0" CACHE STRING "The version of the Triton shared library" )
 
 option(TRITON_ENABLE_LOGGING "Include logging support in server" ON)
@@ -260,6 +263,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(triton-server
     -DTRITON_ENABLE_S3:BOOL=${TRITON_ENABLE_S3}
     -DTRITON_ENABLE_TENSORRT:BOOL=${TRITON_ENABLE_TENSORRT}
     -DTRITON_ENABLE_ENSEMBLE:BOOL=${TRITON_ENABLE_ENSEMBLE}
+    -DTRITON_MIN_CXX_STANDARD:STRING=${TRITON_MIN_CXX_STANDARD}
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=${TRITON_INSTALL_PREFIX}
     -DTRITON_VERSION:STRING=${TRITON_VERSION}
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index fe9be17cbb..85cd1434fc 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ if (NOT WIN32)
   set_property(TARGET main PROPERTY OUTPUT_NAME tritonserver)
 endif()
 
-target_compile_features(main PRIVATE cxx_std_11)
+target_compile_features(main PRIVATE cxx_std_${TRITON_MIN_CXX_STANDARD})
 if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "MSVC")
   message("Using MSVC as compiler, default target on Windows 10. "
     "If the target system is not Windows 10, please update _WIN32_WINNT "
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ if(${TRITON_ENABLE_HTTP}
     ${HTTP_ENDPOINT_SRCS} ${HTTP_ENDPOINT_HDRS}
   )
 
-  target_compile_features(http-endpoint-library PRIVATE cxx_std_11)
+  target_compile_features(http-endpoint-library PRIVATE cxx_std_${TRITON_MIN_CXX_STANDARD})
   if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "MSVC")
     target_compile_options(
       http-endpoint-library
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ if(${TRITON_ENABLE_TRACING})
   )
 
   if (NOT WIN32)
-    target_compile_features(tracing-library PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
+    target_compile_features(tracing-library PRIVATE cxx_std_${TRITON_MIN_CXX_STANDARD})
 
     target_include_directories(
       tracing-library
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ if (NOT WIN32)
     simple.cc
   )
 
-  target_compile_features(simple PRIVATE cxx_std_11)
+  target_compile_features(simple PRIVATE cxx_std_${TRITON_MIN_CXX_STANDARD})
   if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "MSVC")
     message("Using MSVC as compiler, default target on Windows 10. "
             "If the target system is not Windows 10, please update _WIN32_WINNT "
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ if (NOT WIN32)
     multi_server.cc
   )
 
-  target_compile_features(multi_server PRIVATE cxx_std_11)
+  target_compile_features(multi_server PRIVATE cxx_std_${TRITON_MIN_CXX_STANDARD})
   if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "MSVC")
     message("Using MSVC as compiler, default target on Windows 10. "
             "If the target system is not Windows 10, please update _WIN32_WINNT "
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ if (NOT WIN32)
       memory_alloc.cc
     )
 
-    target_compile_features(memory_alloc PRIVATE cxx_std_11)
+    target_compile_features(memory_alloc PRIVATE cxx_std_${TRITON_MIN_CXX_STANDARD})
     if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "MSVC")
       message("Using MSVC as compiler, default target on Windows 10. "
               "If the target system is not Windows 10, please update _WIN32_WINNT "
diff --git a/src/grpc/CMakeLists.txt b/src/grpc/CMakeLists.txt
index 1308b6e1b2..8b200a591e 100644
--- a/src/grpc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/grpc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ add_library(
   stream_infer_handler.cc
 )
 
-target_compile_features(grpc-endpoint-library PRIVATE cxx_std_11)
+target_compile_features(grpc-endpoint-library PRIVATE cxx_std_${TRITON_MIN_CXX_STANDARD})
 if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "MSVC")
   target_compile_options(
     grpc-endpoint-library