diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d6432fa9..3fdb9344 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.7.2)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8)
 
 # customize the compiler options CMake uses to initialize variables with
 set(CMAKE_USER_MAKE_RULES_OVERRIDE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/CompilerOptionsOverride.cmake")
@@ -345,6 +345,9 @@ else()
     # create SFML.framework
     add_library(SFML ${SFML_SOURCES})
 
+    # enable C++17 support
+    target_compile_features(SFML PUBLIC cxx_std_17)
+
     # set the target flags to use the appropriate C++ standard library
     sfml_set_stdlib(SFML)
 
diff --git a/cmake/Macros.cmake b/cmake/Macros.cmake
index 841e7865..580c734d 100644
--- a/cmake/Macros.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Macros.cmake
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ macro(sfml_add_library target)
         add_library(${target} ${THIS_SOURCES})
     endif()
 
+    # enable C++17 support
+    target_compile_features(${target} PUBLIC cxx_std_17)
+
     set_file_warnings(${THIS_SOURCES})
 
     # define the export symbol of the module
@@ -265,6 +268,9 @@ macro(sfml_add_example target)
         add_executable(${target} ${target_input})
     endif()
 
+    # enable C++17 support
+    target_compile_features(${target} PUBLIC cxx_std_17)
+
     set_file_warnings(${target_input})
 
     # set the debug suffix
@@ -302,6 +308,9 @@ function(sfml_add_test target SOURCES DEPENDS)
     # create the target
     add_executable(${target} ${SOURCES})
 
+    # enable C++17 support
+    target_compile_features(${target} PUBLIC cxx_std_17)
+
     # set the target's folder (for IDEs that support it, e.g. Visual Studio)
     set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES FOLDER "Tests")
 
@@ -309,7 +318,7 @@ function(sfml_add_test target SOURCES DEPENDS)
     if(DEPENDS)
         target_link_libraries(${target} PRIVATE ${DEPENDS})
     endif()
-    
+
     # Add the test
     add_test(${target} ${target})