diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fb953a9cfff..0ad3a290cbf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # See docs/CMake.html for instructions about how to build LLVM with CMake.
 
 project(LLVM)
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6.1)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
 
 set(PACKAGE_NAME llvm)
 set(PACKAGE_VERSION 2.8svn)