diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0821b980e..184301a26 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 # TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
 # MATERIALS OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE MATERIALS.
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12)
 project(spirv-tools)
 enable_testing()
 set(SPIRV_TOOLS "SPIRV-Tools")