diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0e657546971f76dc31e015acdc71a09891f42789..cca9c33139d23e3c2fcf3de79ad82cf23344effa 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 project("dune-common" C CXX)
 
 # general stuff
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.8)
 
 # make sure our own modules are found
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules")