diff --git a/mesonbuild/backend/vs2010backend.py b/mesonbuild/backend/vs2010backend.py
index 94e7bdd59d8e..afc2713c11a3 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/backend/vs2010backend.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/backend/vs2010backend.py
@@ -1119,6 +1119,15 @@ def gen_vcxproj(self, target, ofname, guid):
         else:
             ET.SubElement(clconf, 'FavorSizeOrSpeed').text = 'Speed'
         # Note: SuppressStartupBanner is /NOLOGO and is 'true' by default
+        if self.name in ('vs2017', 'vs2019'):
+            if 'cpp' in file_args:
+                optargs = [x for x in file_args['cpp'] if x.startswith('/std:c++')]
+                if optargs:
+                    ET.SubElement(clconf, 'LanguageStandard').text = optargs[0].replace("/std:c++","stdcpp")
+            if 'c' in file_args:
+                optargs = [x for x in file_args['c'] if x.startswith('/std:c')]
+                if optargs:
+                    ET.SubElement(clconf, 'LanguageStandard_C').text = optargs[0].replace("/std:c","stdc")
         pch_sources = {}
         if self.environment.coredata.options.get(OptionKey('b_pch')):
             for lang in ['c', 'cpp']: