diff --git a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
index 890112c4d635..4d5b3d7c4714 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
@@ -1139,6 +1139,18 @@ let
       ];
     });
 
+    scDDboost = old.scDDboost.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
+      postPatch = ''
+        # https://code.bioconductor.org/browse/scDDboost/commit/f704a727c906075a2e271e9e2db93cf31e3822f5
+        substituteInPlace "DESCRIPTION" \
+          --replace-fail "c++11" "c++14"
+        # https://code.bioconductor.org/browse/scDDboost/commit/74d46e266957b38fe77185fa3ce683f891706538
+        substituteInPlace "src/Makevars" \
+          --replace-fail "#CXX_STD = CXX11" "CXX_STD = CXX14"
+      '';
+    });
+
+
     sf = old.sf.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
       configureFlags = [
         "--with-proj-lib=${pkgs.lib.getLib pkgs.proj}/lib"