diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b06ba01..e74a31d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
+
 project(KDEBASE_APPS)
 
 # where to look first for cmake modules, before ${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/ is checked