diff --git a/run_unittests.py b/run_unittests.py
index 37c0e13..375cc49 100755
--- a/run_unittests.py
+++ b/run_unittests.py
@@ -5151,6 +5151,14 @@
         testdir = os.path.join(self.unit_test_dir, '55 pkg_config_path option')
         self.init(testdir, extra_args=['-Dpkg_config_path=' + os.path.join(testdir, 'extra_path')])
 
+    def test_std_remains(self):
+        # C_std defined in project options must be in effect also when cross compiling.
+        testdir = os.path.join(self.unit_test_dir, '50 std remains')
+        self.init(testdir)
+        compdb = self.get_compdb()
+        self.assertRegex(compdb[0]['command'], '-std=c99')
+        self.build()
+
 
 def should_run_cross_arm_tests():
     return shutil.which('arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc') and not platform.machine().lower().startswith('arm')
@@ -5203,6 +5211,14 @@
                 return
         self.assertTrue(False, 'Option libdir not in introspect data.')
 
+    def test_std_remains(self):
+        # C_std defined in project options must be in effect also when cross compiling.
+        testdir = os.path.join(self.unit_test_dir, '50 std remains')
+        self.init(testdir)
+        compdb = self.get_compdb()
+        self.assertRegex(compdb[0]['command'], '-std=c99')
+        self.build()
+
 
 def should_run_cross_mingw_tests():
     return shutil.which('x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc') and not (is_windows() or is_cygwin())
diff --git a/test cases/unit/50 std remains/meson.build b/test cases/unit/50 std remains/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac6f9e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/unit/50 std remains/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+project('std_remains', 'c', default_options: ['c_std=c99'])
+executable('prog', 'prog.c')
diff --git a/test cases/unit/50 std remains/prog.c b/test cases/unit/50 std remains/prog.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0314ff1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/unit/50 std remains/prog.c
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+int main(int argc, char **argv) { return 0; }