diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/c.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/c.py
index 7143d9e92d7a..d60ed99e83b8 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/c.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/c.py
@@ -309,6 +309,14 @@ def get_options(self) -> 'MutableKeyedOptionDictType':
         std_opt.set_versions(cppstd_choices, gnu=True)
         return opts
 
+    def get_option_std_args(self, target: BuildTarget, subproject: T.Optional[str] = None) -> T.List[str]:
+        args: T.List[str] = []
+        std = self.get_compileropt_value('std', target, subproject)
+        assert isinstance(std, str)
+        if std != 'none':
+            args.append('-std=' + std)
+        return args
+
 
 class ElbrusCCompiler(ElbrusCompiler, CCompiler):
     def __init__(self, ccache: T.List[str], exelist: T.List[str], version: str, for_machine: MachineChoice,
diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/cpp.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/cpp.py
index bdf60f6c23a2..5ed4aea81ee2 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/cpp.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/cpp.py
@@ -572,6 +572,14 @@ def get_options(self) -> 'MutableKeyedOptionDictType':
         std_opt.set_versions(cppstd_choices)
         return opts
 
+    def get_option_std_args(self, target: BuildTarget, subproject: T.Optional[str] = None) -> T.List[str]:
+        args: T.List[str] = []
+        std = self.get_compileropt_value('std', target, subproject)
+        assert isinstance(std, str)
+        if std != 'none':
+            args.append(self._find_best_cpp_std(std))
+        return args
+
 
 class ElbrusCPPCompiler(ElbrusCompiler, CPPCompiler):
     def __init__(self, ccache: T.List[str], exelist: T.List[str], version: str, for_machine: MachineChoice,