diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 100542f..41a169a 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -779,9 +779,11 @@
 recovery_font := $(call include-path-for, recovery)/fonts/12x22.png
 endif
 
-recovery_resources_private := $(strip $(wildcard $(TARGET_DEVICE_DIR)/recovery/res))
+ifndef TARGET_PRIVATE_RES_DIRS
+TARGET_PRIVATE_RES_DIRS := $(wildcard $(TARGET_DEVICE_DIR)/recovery/res)
+endif
 recovery_resource_deps := $(shell find $(recovery_resources_common) \
-  $(recovery_resources_private) -type f)
+  $(TARGET_PRIVATE_RES_DIRS) -type f)
 ifdef TARGET_RECOVERY_FSTAB
 recovery_fstab := $(TARGET_RECOVERY_FSTAB)
 else
@@ -797,7 +799,7 @@
 RECOVERY_RESOURCE_ZIP :=
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(recovery_resources_private),)
+ifeq ($(TARGET_PRIVATE_RES_DIRS),)
   $(info No private recovery resources for TARGET_DEVICE $(TARGET_DEVICE))
 endif
 
@@ -857,8 +859,8 @@
   $(hide) rm -rf $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/res/*
   $(hide) cp -rf $(recovery_resources_common)/* $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/res
   $(hide) cp -f $(recovery_font) $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/res/images/font.png
-  $(hide) $(foreach item,$(recovery_resources_private), \
-    cp -rf $(item) $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/)
+  $(hide) $(foreach item,$(TARGET_PRIVATE_RES_DIRS), \
+    cp -rf $(item) $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/$(newline))
   $(hide) $(foreach item,$(recovery_fstab), \
     cp -f $(item) $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/etc/recovery.fstab)
   $(hide) cp $(RECOVERY_INSTALL_OTA_KEYS) $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/res/keys
diff --git a/core/binary.mk b/core/binary.mk
index 79548ba..c716b17 100644
--- a/core/binary.mk
+++ b/core/binary.mk
@@ -179,6 +179,22 @@
     endif
 endif
 
+my_cpp_std_version := -std=gnu++14
+ifdef LOCAL_SDK_VERSION
+    # The NDK handles this itself.
+    my_cpp_std_version :=
+endif
+
+ifdef LOCAL_IS_HOST_MODULE
+    ifneq ($(my_clang),true)
+        # The host GCC doesn't support C++14 (and is deprecated, so likely
+        # never will). Build these modules with C++11.
+        my_cpp_std_version := -std=gnu++11
+    endif
+endif
+
+my_cppflags := $(my_cpp_std_version) $(my_cppflags)
+
 # Add option to make clang the default for device build
 ifeq ($(USE_CLANG_PLATFORM_BUILD),true)
     ifeq ($(my_clang),)
diff --git a/core/config.mk b/core/config.mk
index fec018b..876161b 100644
--- a/core/config.mk
+++ b/core/config.mk
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 COMMON_GLOBAL_CFLAGS:= -DANDROID -fmessage-length=0 -W -Wall -Wno-unused -Winit-self -Wpointer-arith
 COMMON_RELEASE_CFLAGS:= -DNDEBUG -UDEBUG
 
-COMMON_GLOBAL_CPPFLAGS:= $(COMMON_GLOBAL_CFLAGS) -Wsign-promo -std=gnu++11
+COMMON_GLOBAL_CPPFLAGS:= $(COMMON_GLOBAL_CFLAGS) -Wsign-promo
 COMMON_RELEASE_CPPFLAGS:= $(COMMON_RELEASE_CFLAGS)
 
 GLOBAL_CFLAGS_NO_OVERRIDE := \