diff --git a/ACE/include/makeinclude/platform_qnx_gcc.GNU b/ACE/include/makeinclude/platform_qnx_gcc.GNU
index 71736988bee49..0912ee9d27310 100644
--- a/ACE/include/makeinclude/platform_qnx_gcc.GNU
+++ b/ACE/include/makeinclude/platform_qnx_gcc.GNU
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ debug ?= 1
 optimize ?= 0
 threads ?= 1
 pipes ?= 0
+c++std ?= gnu++14
 
 CCFLAGS += -fexceptions
 LDFLAGS += -fexceptions
@@ -23,8 +24,10 @@ ifeq ($(optimize),1)
 OCFLAGS += -O3
 endif #optimize
 
-DLD     = $(CXX)
-LD      = $(CXX)
+CC ?= qcc
+CXX ?= q++
+DLD = $(CXX)
+LD = $(CXX)
 
 LIBS    += -lsocket -lstdc++ -lm