diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dd0c4150cef73aa7a80582aa705f77b0270fbcd7..b2255aa5e42e456094ec92d3c320de2f614b062e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #  NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FIT FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 #  Mulan PSL v2 for more details.
 #
-
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)
 project(clang2mpl)
 
 set( LLVM_LINK_COMPONENTS