--- CMakeLists.txt.orig
+++ CMakeLists.txt
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@
   enable_language(CXX)

   # This effectively checks for cmake version 3.1 or later
-  set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+  # jsoncpp (>= 1.9.6) exposes a std::string_view ABI under C++17; building the
+  # C++ binding as C++11 references removed const char* overloads -> link errors.
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
   set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
 endif()