diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a1b69340..193c9e39 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -305,7 +305,11 @@ if(WITH_OTLP)
                                                        CACHE{WITH_OTLP_HTTP}))
     find_package(CURL)
   endif()
-
+  if (ABSL_USE_CXX17)
+    message(STATUS "Found absl uses CXX17, enable CXX17 feature.")
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+    set(WITH_STL ON)
+  endif()
   cmake_dependent_option(
     WITH_OTLP_GRPC "Whether to include the OTLP gRPC exporter in the SDK" ON
     "gRPC_FOUND" OFF)