diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1b16bd9cba631395bbd51f969d2b9bb918c24ac5..1f9c23275ef66af4db40b0a3b1f830801ee6b996 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+# set up project
+project("dune-istl" C CXX)
+
+# general stuff
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
-project(dune-istl CXX)
 
 # make sure our own modules are found
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules")