diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 76f749a7a..3ffde23ac 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Created by mastertheknife (Kfir Itzhak)
 # For more information and installation, see the INSTALL file
 #
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.7)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5.0)
 project(zoneminder)
 file(STRINGS "version" zoneminder_VERSION)
 # make API version a minor of ZM version