diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ab/abseil-cpp/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ab/abseil-cpp/package.nix
index 37806c0e7ce1..61e67450c68b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ab/abseil-cpp/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ab/abseil-cpp/package.nix
@@ -5,4 +5,8 @@
 # library.”  Therefore, we keep packages `abseil-cpp_YYYYMM` for each
 # required LTS branch, leaving `abseil-cpp` as an alias.
 
-{ abseil-cpp_202601 }: abseil-cpp_202601
+{
+  abseil-cpp_202601,
+  cxxStandard ? null,
+}:
+abseil-cpp_202601.override { inherit cxxStandard; }