diff --git a/docs/install.rst b/docs/install.rst
index a26ab829471c6..f7591bdf431da 100644
--- a/docs/install.rst
+++ b/docs/install.rst
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ Compiler
 The following compilers are known to work, if you know of others or
 you're willing to maintain support for other compiler get in touch.
 
--  GCC 4.2.0 or later (some parts of Mesa may require later versions)
--  Clang - exact minimum requirement is currently unknown.
+-  GCC 8.0.0 or later (some parts of Mesa may require later versions)
+-  Clang 5.0 or later (some parts of Mesa may require later versions)
 -  Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Version 16.11 or later and
    Windows SDK of at least 20348 is required, for building on Windows.
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 205421affa70b..4c6c4ffe4ceeb 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ project(
   ).stdout(),
   license : 'MIT',
   meson_version : '>= 0.53',
-  default_options : ['buildtype=debugoptimized', 'b_ndebug=if-release', 'c_std=c11', 'cpp_std=c++14']
+  default_options : ['buildtype=debugoptimized', 'b_ndebug=if-release', 'c_std=c11', 'cpp_std=c++17']
 )
 
 # In recent versions, meson can inject some extra arguments to get richer