diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index 1e847054613..e315cdb8e27 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-build --copt=--std=c++14
+build --cxxopt=--std=c++14
 build --copt=-I.
 # Bazel does not support including its cc_library targets as system
 # headers. We work around this for generated code