diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 41368240328963d68fd2a020ce1376e74b9fa5e9..681ff424bdb66621b50c123fe37ed00ce06d880f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Pre-requisites about cmake itself
-CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.6)
+MESSAGE("Starting ${PLUGIN_NAME} CMakeLists ...")
+CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.8)
 
 if(COMMAND cmake_policy)
   cmake_policy(SET CMP0005 NEW) 
@@ -72,8 +73,6 @@ if(BUILD_TESTS)
     enable_testing()
 endif()
 
-MESSAGE("Starting ${PLUGIN_NAME} CMakeLists ...")
-CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.8)
 
 #CMAKE modules