diff --git a/unittests/allplatformstests.py b/unittests/allplatformstests.py
index d05f8ee93a7e..e40fa08ef287 100644
--- a/unittests/allplatformstests.py
+++ b/unittests/allplatformstests.py
@@ -4999,9 +4999,11 @@ def test_configure_same_noop(self):
             olddata = newdata
             oldmtime = newmtime
 
-    def __test_multi_stds(self, extra_args: T.List[str]) -> None:
+    def __test_multi_stds(self, test_c: bool = True, test_objc: bool = False) -> None:
+        assert test_c or test_objc, 'must test something'
         testdir = os.path.join(self.unit_test_dir, '115 c cpp stds')
-        self.init(testdir, extra_args=extra_args)
+        self.init(testdir, extra_args=[f'-Dwith-c={str(test_c).lower()}',
+                                       f'-Dwith-objc={str(test_objc).lower()}'])
         # Invalid values should fail whatever compiler we have
         with self.assertRaises(subprocess.CalledProcessError):
             self.setconf('-Dc_std=invalid')
@@ -5010,7 +5012,19 @@ def __test_multi_stds(self, extra_args: T.List[str]) -> None:
         with self.assertRaises(subprocess.CalledProcessError):
             self.setconf('-Dc_std=c++11')
         env = get_fake_env()
-        cc = detect_c_compiler(env, MachineChoice.HOST)
+        if test_c:
+            cc = detect_c_compiler(env, MachineChoice.HOST)
+        if test_objc:
+            objc = detect_compiler_for(env, 'objc', MachineChoice.HOST, True, '')
+            assert objc is not None
+            if test_c and cc.get_argument_syntax() != objc.get_argument_syntax():
+                # The test doesn't work correctly in this case because we can
+                # end up with incompatible stds, like gnu89 with cl.exe for C
+                # and clang.exe for ObjC
+                return
+            if not test_c:
+                cc = objc
+
         if cc.get_id() in {'msvc', 'clang-cl'}:
             # default_option should have selected those
             self.assertEqual(self.getconf('c_std'), 'c89')
@@ -5024,26 +5038,26 @@ def __test_multi_stds(self, extra_args: T.List[str]) -> None:
             # The first supported std should be selected
             self.setconf('-Dcpp_std=gnu++11,vc++11,c++11')
             self.assertEqual(self.getconf('cpp_std'), 'vc++11')
-        elif cc.get_id() == 'gcc' or (cc.get_id() == 'clang' and not is_windows()):
+        elif cc.get_id() in {'gcc', 'clang'}:
             # default_option should have selected those
             self.assertEqual(self.getconf('c_std'), 'gnu89')
             self.assertEqual(self.getconf('cpp_std'), 'gnu++98')
             # The first supported std should be selected
-            # self.setconf('-Dcpp_std=c++11,gnu++11,vc++11')
-            # self.assertEqual(self.getconf('cpp_std'), 'c++11')
+            self.setconf('-Dcpp_std=c++11,gnu++11,vc++11')
+            self.assertEqual(self.getconf('cpp_std'), 'c++11')
 
     def test_c_cpp_stds(self) -> None:
-        self.__test_multi_stds(['-Dwith-c=true'])
+        self.__test_multi_stds()
 
     @skip_if_not_language('objc')
     @skip_if_not_language('objcpp')
     def test_objc_objcpp_stds(self) -> None:
-        self.__test_multi_stds(['-Dwith-objc=true'])
+        self.__test_multi_stds(test_c=False, test_objc=True)
 
     @skip_if_not_language('objc')
     @skip_if_not_language('objcpp')
     def test_c_cpp_objc_objcpp_stds(self) -> None:
-        self.__test_multi_stds(['-Dwith-c=true', '-Dwith-objc=true'])
+        self.__test_multi_stds(test_objc=True)
 
     def test_rsp_support(self):
         env = get_fake_env()