diff --git a/recipes/geographiclib/all/conandata.yml b/recipes/geographiclib/all/conandata.yml
index cdc1dfb721a05..13c1e395dbf37 100644
--- a/recipes/geographiclib/all/conandata.yml
+++ b/recipes/geographiclib/all/conandata.yml
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@ sources:
   "1.50.1":
     url: "https://sourceforge.net/projects/geographiclib/files/distrib/GeographicLib-1.50.1.tar.gz"
     sha256: "d1765009e068b8cc5e76957e5d6be45ce6cff08c4aad8e5995e84a28354385f1"
-
+  "1.51":
+    url: "https://sourceforge.net/projects/geographiclib/files/distrib/GeographicLib-1.51.tar.gz"
+    sha256: "34370949617df5105bd6961e0b91581aef758dc455fe8629eb5858516022d310"
diff --git a/recipes/geographiclib/all/conanfile.py b/recipes/geographiclib/all/conanfile.py
index 3ebcbcb3a8abd..82d69fd739f4e 100644
--- a/recipes/geographiclib/all/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/geographiclib/all/conanfile.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from conans import ConanFile, CMake, tools
+from conans.errors import ConanInvalidConfiguration
 import os
 
 required_conan_version = ">=1.28.0"
@@ -23,9 +24,34 @@ def config_options(self):
         if self.settings.os == "Windows":
             del self.options.fPIC
 
+    @property
+    def _min_compiler_version_default_cxx11(self):
+        # Minimum compiler version having c++ standard >= 11
+        return {
+            "apple-clang": "3.3",
+            "gcc": "4.9",
+            "clang": "6",
+            "Visual Studio": "14",  # guess
+        }.get(str(self.settings.compiler), False)
+
     def configure(self):
         if self.options.shared:
             del self.options.fPIC
+        if tools.Version(self.version) >= "1.51":
+            if self.settings.compiler.cppstd:
+                tools.min_cppstd(self, 11)
+
+            def lazy_lt_semver(v1, v2):
+                lv1 = [int(v) for v in v1.split(".")]
+                lv2 = [int(v) for v in v2.split(".")]
+                min_length = min(len(lv1), len(lv2))
+                return lv1[:min_length] < lv2[:min_length]
+
+            minimum_version = self._min_compiler_version_default_cxx11
+            if not minimum_version:
+                self.output.warn("geographiclib {} requires C++11 math functions. Your compiler is unknown. Assuming it supports this feature.".format(self.version))
+            elif lazy_lt_semver(str(self.settings.compiler.version), minimum_version):
+                raise ConanInvalidConfiguration("geographiclib {} requires C++11 math functions, which your compiler does not support.".format(self.version))
 
     def source(self):
         tools.get(**self.conan_data["sources"][self.version])
diff --git a/recipes/geographiclib/all/test_package/CMakeLists.txt b/recipes/geographiclib/all/test_package/CMakeLists.txt
index dd75e3882411a..8072fb794b8d8 100644
--- a/recipes/geographiclib/all/test_package/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/recipes/geographiclib/all/test_package/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,3 +8,7 @@ find_package(geographiclib CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
 add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} test_package.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} GeographicLib::GeographicLib)
+
+if(geographiclib_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "1.51")
+  set_property(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 11)
+endif()
diff --git a/recipes/geographiclib/config.yml b/recipes/geographiclib/config.yml
index d022c390287d3..65cd32bf8e28d 100644
--- a/recipes/geographiclib/config.yml
+++ b/recipes/geographiclib/config.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 versions:
   "1.50.1":
     folder: all
+  "1.51":
+    folder: all