diff --git a/SConscript b/SConscript
index 4ac0dd8..4b7ce77 100644
--- a/SConscript
+++ b/SConscript
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ Import('config')
 
 if not config.get('PROJECT_NAME'):
     config['PROJECT_NAME'] = 'PROJECT'
+if not config.get('CXX_STANDARD'):
+    config['CXX_STANDARD'] = 'c++20'
 
 if not config.get('PREPROCESSOR_PREFIX'):
     config['PREPROCESSOR_PREFIX'] = config['PROJECT_NAME'].upper() # TODO: may be nicer?
@@ -266,7 +268,7 @@ elif unity_mode == 'stress': # compile everything in one single file to stress t
 # setup compiler specific options
 if env['COMPILER_FAMILY'] == 'gcc' or env['COMPILER_FAMILY'] == 'clang':
     env.Append(CCFLAGS = ['-Wall', '-Wextra', '-Werror', '-Wstrict-aliasing', '-pedantic'])
-    env.Append(CXXFLAGS = ['-std=c++20'])
+    env.Append(CXXFLAGS = [f'-std={config["CXX_STANDARD"]}'])
     if build_type != 'release':
         env.Append(LINKFLAGS = [f'-Wl,-rpath,{env["LIB_DIR"]}'])
     env['LINKCOM'] = env['LINKCOM'].replace('$_LIBFLAGS', '-Wl,--start-group $_LIBFLAGS -Wl,--end-group')
@@ -299,7 +301,7 @@ if env['COMPILER_FAMILY'] == 'gcc' or env['COMPILER_FAMILY'] == 'clang':
 elif env['COMPILER_FAMILY'] == 'cl':
     # C4201: nonstandard extension used : nameless struct/union - I use it and want to continue using it
     # C4127: conditional expression is constant - some libs (CRC, format) don't compile with this enabled # TODO: fix?
-    env.Append(CCFLAGS = ['/W4', '/WX', '/wd4201', '/wd4127', '/std:c++20', '/permissive-', '/EHsc', '/FS', '/Zc:char8_t'])
+    env.Append(CCFLAGS = ['/W4', '/WX', '/wd4201', '/wd4127', f'/std:{config["CXX_STANDARD"]}', '/permissive-', '/EHsc', '/FS', '/Zc:char8_t'])
     env.Append(CPPDEFINES = ['_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS']) # I'd like to not use MSVC specific versions of functions because they are "safer" ...
     if build_type == 'debug':
         env.Append(CCFLAGS = ['/Od', '/Zi'], LINKFLAGS = ' /DEBUG')