diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 55c2a6b..84312e8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8)
 project("Libmultiprocess" CXX)
 include(CMakePushCheckState)
 include(CheckCXXSourceCompiles)