diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9043db327..1b345c353 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ############ Setup project and cmake
 # Minimum cmake requirement. We should require a quite recent
 # cmake for the dependency find macros etc. to be up to date.
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8.8)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8.12)
 
 ############ Paths