diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 39d9106d8bfc..d8984a112141 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ if (LEGACY_BUILD)
     option(NO_ENCRYPTION "If enabled, no platform-default encryption will be included in the library.  For the library to be used you will need to provide your own platform-specific implementations" OFF)
     option(USE_IXML_HTTP_REQUEST_2 "If enabled on windows, the com object IXmlHttpRequest2 will be used for the http stack" OFF)
     option(ENABLE_RTTI "Flag to enable/disable rtti within the library" ON)
+    option(NO_CPPSTD_IN_PKG_CONFIG "Removes cpp language standard from being included in pkg config installs" OFF)
     option(ENABLE_TESTING "Flag to enable/disable building unit and integration tests" ON)
     option(AUTORUN_UNIT_TESTS "Flag to enable/disable automatically run unit tests after building" ON)
     option(ANDROID_BUILD_CURL "When building for Android, should curl be built as well" ON)
diff --git a/cmake/compiler_settings.cmake b/cmake/compiler_settings.cmake
index 41fcf9378596..9b178294ec95 100644
--- a/cmake/compiler_settings.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compiler_settings.cmake
@@ -36,7 +36,12 @@ endfunction()
 
 
 macro(set_gcc_flags)
-    list(APPEND AWS_COMPILER_FLAGS "-fno-exceptions" "-std=c++${CPP_STANDARD}")
+    list(APPEND AWS_COMPILER_FLAGS "-fno-exceptions")
+
+    if(NOT NO_CPPSTD_IN_PKG_CONFIG)
+        list(APPEND AWS_COMPILER_FLAGS "-std=c++${CPP_STANDARD}")
+    endif()
+
     if(COMPILER_IS_MINGW)
         list(APPEND AWS_COMPILER_FLAGS -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=1)
     endif()