diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7715dd0..d3a54b8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ if(NOT WIN32)
 endif()
 
 project(tinyformat)
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12)
 set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
 
 if(WIN32)