diff --git a/src/cmake/SociConfig.cmake b/src/cmake/SociConfig.cmake
index 7e14171e1..fd301b221 100644
--- a/src/cmake/SociConfig.cmake
+++ b/src/cmake/SociConfig.cmake
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ else()
         
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fPIC ${SOCI_GCC_CLANG_COMMON_FLAGS}")
     if (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
-      set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++98")
+        if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "FreeBSD")
+            set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=gnu++98")
+        else()
+            set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++98")
+        endif()
     endif()
 
   elseif("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "Clang" OR "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}" MATCHES "clang")