diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0bc78f3db..ce938f410 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Icinga 2 | (c) 2012 Icinga GmbH | GPLv2+
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.8)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12)
 set(BOOST_MIN_VERSION "1.66.0")
 
 if("${CMAKE_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "3.8") # SLES 12.5