diff --git a/projects/cmb.cmake b/projects/cmb.cmake
index 0aa6488eaa95303971fe4a2b216b095b5f2b763c..41dbd805fd8215877e96aa9610c21f376f469b70 100644
--- a/projects/cmb.cmake
+++ b/projects/cmb.cmake
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ superbuild_add_project(cmb
   DEFAULT_ON
   ${cmb_step_keyword} ${cmb_lfs_steps} download update
   DEPENDS boost moab nlohmannjson python3 paraview pybind11
-          qt5 smtk
+          qt5 smtk cxx17
   DEPENDS_OPTIONAL ${cmb_extra_optional_dependencies}
                    cmbusersguide smtkusersguide
                    cmbworkflows opencascadesession
diff --git a/projects/moab.cmake b/projects/moab.cmake
index c6ebe53d9f801feef3fdbef2411b331379ad42f6..db3d609e5a13df9b25a303b3d5885468c493482f 100644
--- a/projects/moab.cmake
+++ b/projects/moab.cmake
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ elseif (UNIX)
 endif ()
 
 superbuild_add_project(moab
-  DEPENDS eigen hdf5 netcdf
-  DEPENDS_OPTIONAL cxx11
+  DEPENDS eigen hdf5 netcdf cxx17
   CMAKE_ARGS
     -Wno-dev
     ${moab_shared_settings}
@@ -71,6 +70,9 @@ superbuild_apply_patch(moab ext-deps
 superbuild_apply_patch(moab no-mtune
   "Disable `-mtune=native` flag")
 
+superbuild_apply_patch(moab cxx17-support
+  "Support consuming from C++17 projects")
+
 # macOS on arm64 makes copies of classes it can completely see and the `typeid`
 # mechanism ends up being confused. This is used inside of MOAB to determine
 # what kind of interface to generate, so the calling library needs to agree on
diff --git a/projects/patches/moab-cxx17-support.patch b/projects/patches/moab-cxx17-support.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0643818542c7694eff97f75d189391ddfed519e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/patches/moab-cxx17-support.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,267 @@
+diff -u -Nr -U5 moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a/src/HigherOrderFactory.cpp moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a.cxx17-support/src/HigherOrderFactory.cpp
+--- moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a/src/HigherOrderFactory.cpp	2017-11-29 17:03:38.000000000 +0100
++++ moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a.cxx17-support/src/HigherOrderFactory.cpp	2025-03-02 03:58:24.858227879 +0100
+@@ -940,21 +940,21 @@
+       std::vector<EntityHandle> adj_list_1, adj_list_2, adj_entities;
+       a_fact->get_adjacencies(connectivity[0], adj_list_1);
+ 
+       // remove meshsets
+       adj_list_1.erase(std::remove_if(adj_list_1.begin(), adj_list_1.end(), 
+-           std::bind2nd(std::greater<EntityHandle>(),low_meshset)), adj_list_1.end());
++           [&low_meshset](EntityHandle const& h) { return low_meshset > h; }), adj_list_1.end());
+ 
+       size_t i; 
+       for( i=1; i<connectivity.size(); i++)
+       {
+         adj_list_2.clear();
+         a_fact->get_adjacencies(connectivity[i], adj_list_2);
+ 
+         // remove meshsets
+         adj_list_2.erase(std::remove_if(adj_list_2.begin(), adj_list_2.end(), 
+-             std::bind2nd(std::greater<EntityHandle>(),low_meshset)), adj_list_2.end());
++             [&low_meshset](EntityHandle const& h) { return low_meshset > h; }), adj_list_2.end());
+        
+         //intersect the 2 lists 
+         adj_entities.clear();
+         std::set_intersection(adj_list_1.begin(), adj_list_1.end(), 
+                               adj_list_2.begin(), adj_list_2.end(), 
+diff -u -Nr -U5 moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a/src/io/DamselUtil.hpp moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a.cxx17-support/src/io/DamselUtil.hpp
+--- moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a/src/io/DamselUtil.hpp	2017-11-29 17:03:38.000000000 +0100
++++ moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a.cxx17-support/src/io/DamselUtil.hpp	2025-03-03 11:53:39.772300014 +0100
+@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@
+ #include "DebugOutput.hpp"
+ 
+ #include "damsel.h"
+ #include "damsel-internal.h"
+ 
++#include <functional>
++
+ // Some macros to handle error checking (cribbed from WriteHDF5).
+ // All macros contain a "return" statement. These macros are coded with a do if while
+ // to allow statements calling them to be terminated with a ;
+ #define CHK_DMSL_ERR(A, B) \
+   do { \
+@@ -60,18 +62,18 @@
+     Tag mTagh;
+     damsel_handle dTagh;
+     TagType tagType;
+   };
+ 
+-  template<class T> struct MtagP : std::unary_function<T, bool> {
++  template<class T> struct MtagP : std::function<bool(T)> {
+     public:
+     MtagP(const Tag &th) { tH = th; }
+     bool operator() (const T &tclass) { return tclass.mTagh == tH; }
+     Tag tH;
+   };
+ 
+-  template<class T> struct DtagP : std::unary_function<T, bool> {
++  template<class T> struct DtagP : std::function<bool(T)> {
+     public:
+     DtagP(const damsel_handle &th) { tH = th; }
+     bool operator() (const T &tclass) { return tclass.dTagh == tH; }
+     damsel_handle tH;
+   };
+diff -u -Nr -U5 moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a/src/io/ReadHDF5.cpp moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a.cxx17-support/src/io/ReadHDF5.cpp
+--- moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a/src/io/ReadHDF5.cpp	2017-11-29 17:03:38.000000000 +0100
++++ moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a.cxx17-support/src/io/ReadHDF5.cpp	2025-03-02 03:59:25.908151896 +0100
+@@ -1223,11 +1223,11 @@
+     if (MB_SUCCESS != rval || is_error(status))
+       MB_SET_ERR(MB_FAILURE, "ReadHDF5 Failure");
+     // Convert from table indices to file IDs and add to result list
+     std::sort(indices.begin(), indices.end(), std::greater<EntityHandle>());
+     std::transform(indices.begin(), indices.end(), range_inserter(file_ids),
+-                   std::bind1st(std::plus<long>(), start_id));
++                   [&start_id](long idx) { return idx + start_id; });
+     indices.clear();
+   }
+ 
+   if (!tag.have_sparse)
+     return MB_SUCCESS;
+diff -u -Nr -U5 moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a/src/mesquite/Mesh/MeshImpl.cpp moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a.cxx17-support/src/mesquite/Mesh/MeshImpl.cpp
+--- moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a/src/mesquite/Mesh/MeshImpl.cpp	2017-11-29 17:03:38.000000000 +0100
++++ moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a.cxx17-support/src/mesquite/Mesh/MeshImpl.cpp	2025-02-28 23:55:10.365634955 +0100
+@@ -1252,11 +1252,11 @@
+     myMesh->set_vertex_byte( (size_t)vertex[i], byte_array[i], err );
+     MSQ_ERRRTN(err);
+   }
+ }
+ 
+-template <typename T> struct cast_handle : public std::unary_function<size_t, T>
++template <typename T> struct cast_handle : public std::function<T(size_t)>
+ { 
+ T operator()( size_t idx ) const 
+ { 
+   return reinterpret_cast<T>(idx); 
+ } 
+diff -u -Nr -U5 moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a/src/moab/BVHTree.hpp moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a.cxx17-support/src/moab/BVHTree.hpp
+--- moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a/src/moab/BVHTree.hpp	2017-11-29 17:03:38.000000000 +0100
++++ moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a.cxx17-support/src/moab/BVHTree.hpp	2025-03-03 11:53:39.586299828 +0100
+@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@
+ #include "moab/CN.hpp"
+ 
+ #include <vector>
+ #include <cfloat>
+ #include <climits>
++#include <functional>
+ #include <map>
+ #include <set>
+ #include <iostream>
+ 
+ namespace moab {
+@@ -151,22 +152,22 @@
+           return *this;
+         }
+       }; //SplitData
+ 
+       class Split_comparator : 
+-          public std::binary_function< SplitData, SplitData, bool> {
++          public std::function< bool(SplitData, SplitData)> {
+         inline double objective(const SplitData & a) const{
+           return a.Lmax*a.nl - a.Rmin*a.nr;
+         }
+     public:
+         bool operator()(const SplitData &a, const SplitData &b) const {
+           return  objective( a) < objective( b);
+         }
+       }; //Split_comparator
+ 
+       class HandleData_comparator : 
+-          public std::binary_function<HandleData, HandleData, bool> {
++          public std::function<bool(HandleData, HandleData)> {
+     public:
+         bool operator()(const HandleData &a, const HandleData &b) {
+           return a.myDim < b.myDim ||
+               (a.myDim == b.myDim && 
+                a.myHandle < b.myHandle);
+diff -u -Nr -U5 moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a/src/moab/Interface.hpp moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a.cxx17-support/src/moab/Interface.hpp
+--- moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a/src/moab/Interface.hpp	2017-11-29 17:03:38.000000000 +0100
++++ moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a.cxx17-support/src/moab/Interface.hpp	2025-02-28 23:55:10.332634833 +0100
+@@ -2050,11 +2050,11 @@
+ 
+ //! predicate for STL algorithms.  Returns true if the entity handle is
+ //! of the specified type.  For example, to remove all the tris out of a list
+ //! of 2D entities retrieved using get_adjacencies you could do
+ //! std::remove_if(list.begin(), list.end(), type_equals(gMB, MBTRI));
+-class type_equals : public std::unary_function<EntityHandle, bool>
++class type_equals : public std::function<bool(EntityHandle)>
+ {
+ public:
+     //! interface object
+   Interface* meshDB;
+ 
+@@ -2073,11 +2073,11 @@
+ 
+ //! predicate for STL algorithms.  Returns true if the entity handle is not
+ //! of the specified type.  For example, to remove all but the tris out of a list
+ //! of 2D entities retrieved using get_adjacencies you could do
+ //! std::remove_if(list.begin(), list.end(), type_not_equals(gMB, MBTRI));
+-class type_not_equals : public std::unary_function<EntityHandle, bool>
++class type_not_equals : public std::function<bool(EntityHandle)>
+ {
+ public:
+ 
+     //! interface object
+   Interface* meshDB;
+diff -u -Nr -U5 moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a/src/moab/point_locater/tree/bvh_tree.hpp moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a.cxx17-support/src/moab/point_locater/tree/bvh_tree.hpp
+--- moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a/src/moab/point_locater/tree/bvh_tree.hpp	2017-11-29 17:03:38.000000000 +0100
++++ moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a.cxx17-support/src/moab/point_locater/tree/bvh_tree.hpp	2025-03-03 11:53:39.615299857 +0100
+@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@
+ #include <set>
+ #include <iostream>
+ #include <map>
+ #include <algorithm>
+ #include <bitset>
++#include <functional>
+ #include <numeric>
+ #include <cmath>
+ #include <tr1/unordered_map>
+ #include <limits>
+ #include "common_tree.hpp"
+@@ -56,11 +57,11 @@
+ 	}; // _Node
+ 
+ 
+ 	template< typename Split>
+ 	class Split_comparator : 
+-			public std::binary_function< Split, Split, bool> {
++			public std::function< bool(Split, Split)> {
+ 		inline double objective( const Split & a) const{
+ 			return a.Lmax*a.nl - a.Rmin*a.nr;
+ 		}
+ 		public:
+ 		bool operator()( const Split & a, const Split & b) const{
+@@ -68,11 +69,11 @@
+ 		}
+ 	}; //Split_comparator
+ 
+ 	template< typename Iterator>
+ 	class Iterator_comparator : 
+-			public std::binary_function< Iterator, Iterator, bool> {
++			public std::function< bool(Iterator, Iterator)> {
+ 		public:
+ 		bool operator()( const Iterator & a, const Iterator & b) const{
+ 			return a->second.second < b->second.second ||
+ 				( !(b->second.second < a->second.second) 
+ 					&& a->first < b->first);
+diff -u -Nr -U5 moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a/src/moab/point_locater/tree/common_tree.hpp moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a.cxx17-support/src/moab/point_locater/tree/common_tree.hpp
+--- moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a/src/moab/point_locater/tree/common_tree.hpp	2017-11-29 17:03:38.000000000 +0100
++++ moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a.cxx17-support/src/moab/point_locater/tree/common_tree.hpp	2025-03-03 11:53:39.662299904 +0100
+@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@
+ #include <set>
+ #include <iostream>
+ #include <map>
+ #include <algorithm>
+ #include <bitset>
++#include <functional>
+ #include <numeric>
+ #include <cmath>
+ #include <tr1/unordered_map>
+ #include <limits>
+ 
+@@ -74,11 +75,11 @@
+ 	return true;
+ }
+ 
+ namespace {
+ 	template< typename T> 
+-	struct Compute_center: public std::binary_function< T, T, T> {
++	struct Compute_center: public std::function< T(T, T)> {
+ 		T operator()( const T a, const T b) const{
+ 			return (a+b)/2.0;
+ 		}
+ 	}; //Compute_center
+ } //non-exported center computation.
+diff -u -Nr -U5 moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a/src/parallel/ParallelComm.cpp moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a.cxx17-support/src/parallel/ParallelComm.cpp
+--- moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a/src/parallel/ParallelComm.cpp	2017-11-29 17:03:38.000000000 +0100
++++ moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a.cxx17-support/src/parallel/ParallelComm.cpp	2025-03-02 03:58:51.756187939 +0100
+@@ -4226,11 +4226,11 @@
+ 
+       // Remove rmv_ents from the contents list
+       iface_ents = subtract(iface_ents, rmv_ents);
+       // Compress the pstat vector (removing 0x0's)
+       std::remove_if(pstat.begin(), pstat.end(), 
+-                     std::bind2nd(std::equal_to<unsigned char>(), 0x0));
++                     [](unsigned char c) { return c == 0x0; });
+       // Fold the not_owned bit into remaining values
+       unsigned int sz = iface_ents.size();
+       for (i = 0; i < sz; i++)
+         pstat[i] |= PSTATUS_NOT_OWNED;
+ 
+diff -u -Nr -U5 moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a/src/ScdInterface.cpp moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a.cxx17-support/src/ScdInterface.cpp
+--- moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a/src/ScdInterface.cpp	2017-11-29 17:03:38.000000000 +0100
++++ moab-6425a480ffe8e08b96453618fc5530e08e68ae8a.cxx17-support/src/ScdInterface.cpp	2025-03-02 03:56:53.680372428 +0100
+@@ -80,12 +80,11 @@
+                                                 boxes, Interface::UNION);
+     searchedBoxes = true;
+     if (!boxes.empty()) {
+       scdBoxes.resize(boxes.size());
+       rval = mbImpl->tag_get_data(boxSetTag, boxes, &scdBoxes[0]);
+-      ScdBox *dum = NULL;
+-      std::remove_if(scdBoxes.begin(), scdBoxes.end(), std::bind2nd(std::equal_to<ScdBox*>(), dum) ) ;
++      std::remove_if(scdBoxes.begin(), scdBoxes.end(), [](ScdBox* box) { return box == NULL; }) ;
+     }
+   }
+ 
+   for (std::vector<ScdBox*>::iterator vit = scdBoxes.begin(); vit != scdBoxes.end(); ++vit)
+     scd_boxes.insert((*vit)->box_set());