diff --git a/bindings/ruby/ext/extconf.rb b/bindings/ruby/ext/extconf.rb
index 6d76a7cd9ac..59388ffe0bc 100644
--- a/bindings/ruby/ext/extconf.rb
+++ b/bindings/ruby/ext/extconf.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require 'mkmf'
 
 # need to use c++ compiler flags
-$CXXFLAGS << ' -std=c++11'
+$CXXFLAGS << ' -std=c++17'
 
 $LDFLAGS << ' -lstdc++'
 
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@
   $GGML_METAL_EMBED_LIBRARY = true
 end
 
-$MK_CPPFLAGS = '-Iggml/include -Iggml/src -Iinclude -Isrc -Iexamples'
+$MK_CPPFLAGS = '-Iggml/include -Iggml/src -Iggml/src/ggml-cpu -Iinclude -Isrc -Iexamples'
 $MK_CFLAGS   = '-std=c11   -fPIC'
-$MK_CXXFLAGS = '-std=c++11 -fPIC'
-$MK_NVCCFLAGS = '-std=c++11'
+$MK_CXXFLAGS = '-std=c++17 -fPIC'
+$MK_NVCCFLAGS = '-std=c++17'
 $MK_LDFLAGS = ''
 
 $OBJ_GGML = []