diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1f9c23275ef66af4db40b0a3b1f830801ee6b996..2934578356980cd5a575a9b0121dc6f01016f877 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 project("dune-istl" 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")