diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 445c8c80a317dee46beb841ac6707e4cc803b4bd..ad71ddc6cce221b1c6130f5e2d5e3e848feb0582 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 
 set(KF5_VERSION "5.53.0") # handled by release scripts
 project(Solid VERSION ${KF5_VERSION})