diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index d5f9e64b17..d8a85ed998 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ ViSP 3.x.x (Version in development)
     . [#1274] Build issue no member named clamp in namespace std
     . [#1279] Issue in vpPoseVector json serialization
     . [#1296] Unable to parse camera parameters with vpXmlParserCamera::parse() when camera name is empty
+    . [#1307] Cannot set cxx standard when configuring for Visual Studio
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 ViSP 3.6.0 (released September 22, 2023)
   - Contributors:
diff --git a/cmake/VISPDetectCXXStandard.cmake b/cmake/VISPDetectCXXStandard.cmake
index 6169763899..3057f0dc6e 100644
--- a/cmake/VISPDetectCXXStandard.cmake
+++ b/cmake/VISPDetectCXXStandard.cmake
@@ -48,39 +48,60 @@ else()
       # Setting CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD doesn't affect check_cxx_source_compiles() used to detect isnan() in FindIsNaN.cmake
       # or erfc() in FindErfc.cmake.
       # That's why we have the following lines that are used to set cxx flags corresponding to the c++ standard
-      vp_check_compiler_flag(CXX "-std=c++11" HAVE_STD_CXX11_FLAG "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/checks/cxx11.cpp")
-      if(HAVE_STD_CXX11_FLAG)
-        set(CXX11_CXX_FLAGS "-std=c++11" CACHE STRING "C++ compiler flags for C++11 support")
+      vp_check_compiler_flag(CXX "" HAVE_CXX11_FLAG "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/checks/cxx11.cpp")
+      if(HAVE_CXX11_FLAG)
         set(CXX11_STANDARD_FOUND ON CACHE STRING "cxx11 standard")
         mark_as_advanced(CXX11_STANDARD_FOUND)
-        mark_as_advanced(CXX11_CXX_FLAGS)
-        mark_as_advanced(HAVE_STD_CXX11_FLAG)
+        mark_as_advanced(HAVE_CXX11_FLAG)
+      else()
+        vp_check_compiler_flag(CXX "-std=c++11" HAVE_STD_CXX11_FLAG "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/checks/cxx11.cpp")
+        if(HAVE_STD_CXX11_FLAG)
+          set(CXX11_CXX_FLAGS "-std=c++11" CACHE STRING "C++ compiler flags for C++11 support")
+          set(CXX11_STANDARD_FOUND ON CACHE STRING "cxx11 standard")
+          mark_as_advanced(CXX11_STANDARD_FOUND)
+          mark_as_advanced(CXX11_CXX_FLAGS)
+          mark_as_advanced(HAVE_STD_CXX11_FLAG)
+        endif()
       endif()
     endif()
   endif()
 
   if(CMAKE_CXX14_COMPILE_FEATURES)
     # Additionnal check in case of c++14 is incomplete and also needed to set CXX14_CXX_FLAGS
-    vp_check_compiler_flag(CXX "-std=c++14" HAVE_STD_CXX14_FLAG "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/checks/cxx14.cpp")
-    if(HAVE_STD_CXX14_FLAG)
-      set(CXX14_CXX_FLAGS "-std=c++14" CACHE STRING "C++ compiler flags for C++14 support")
+    vp_check_compiler_flag(CXX "" HAVE_CXX14_FLAG "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/checks/cxx14.cpp")
+    if(HAVE_CXX14_FLAG)
       set(CXX14_STANDARD_FOUND ON CACHE STRING "cxx14 standard")
       mark_as_advanced(CXX14_STANDARD_FOUND)
-      mark_as_advanced(CXX14_CXX_FLAGS)
-      mark_as_advanced(HAVE_STD_CXX14_FLAG)
+      mark_as_advanced(HAVE_CXX14_FLAG)
+    else()
+      vp_check_compiler_flag(CXX "-std=c++14" HAVE_STD_CXX14_FLAG "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/checks/cxx14.cpp")
+      if(HAVE_STD_CXX14_FLAG)
+        set(CXX14_CXX_FLAGS "-std=c++14" CACHE STRING "C++ compiler flags for C++14 support")
+        set(CXX14_STANDARD_FOUND ON CACHE STRING "cxx14 standard")
+        mark_as_advanced(CXX14_STANDARD_FOUND)
+        mark_as_advanced(CXX14_CXX_FLAGS)
+        mark_as_advanced(HAVE_STD_CXX14_FLAG)
+      endif()
     endif()
   endif()
 
   if(CMAKE_CXX17_COMPILE_FEATURES)
     # c++17 seems available, but on Fedora 25 and g++ 6.3.1 it seems incomplete where
     # optional header is not found as well as std::clamp()
-    vp_check_compiler_flag(CXX "-std=c++17" HAVE_STD_CXX17_FLAG "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/checks/cxx17.cpp")
-    if(HAVE_STD_CXX17_FLAG)
-      set(CXX17_CXX_FLAGS "-std=c++17" CACHE STRING "C++ compiler flags for C++17 support")
+    vp_check_compiler_flag(CXX "" HAVE_CXX17_FLAG "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/checks/cxx17.cpp")
+    if(HAVE_CXX17_FLAG)
       set(CXX17_STANDARD_FOUND ON CACHE STRING "cxx17 standard")
       mark_as_advanced(CXX17_STANDARD_FOUND)
-      mark_as_advanced(CXX17_CXX_FLAGS)
-      mark_as_advanced(HAVE_STD_CXX17_FLAG)
+      mark_as_advanced(HAVE_CXX17_FLAG)
+    else()
+      vp_check_compiler_flag(CXX "-std=c++17" HAVE_STD_CXX17_FLAG "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/checks/cxx17.cpp")
+      if(HAVE_STD_CXX17_FLAG)
+        set(CXX17_CXX_FLAGS "-std=c++17" CACHE STRING "C++ compiler flags for C++17 support")
+        set(CXX17_STANDARD_FOUND ON CACHE STRING "cxx17 standard")
+        mark_as_advanced(CXX17_STANDARD_FOUND)
+        mark_as_advanced(CXX17_CXX_FLAGS)
+        mark_as_advanced(HAVE_STD_CXX17_FLAG)
+      endif()
     endif()
   endif()
 
@@ -102,7 +123,7 @@ else()
 
   if(AVAILABLE_CXX_STANDARD)
     if(CXX11_STANDARD_FOUND)
-      set_property(CACHE USE_CXX_STANDARD APPEND_STRING PROPERTY STRINGS ";11")
+      set_property(CACHE USE_CXX_STANDARD APPEND_STRING PROPERTY STRINGS "11")
     endif()
     if(CXX14_STANDARD_FOUND)
       set_property(CACHE USE_CXX_STANDARD APPEND_STRING PROPERTY STRINGS ";14")