diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a18a7adc3..3eb194fca 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ## Author: Hank Anderson <hank@statease.com>
 ##
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.5)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12)
 project(OpenBLAS C ASM)
 set(OpenBLAS_MAJOR_VERSION 0)
 set(OpenBLAS_MINOR_VERSION 3)