diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 040ae0e00..caa2d3b4b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.4 FATAL_ERROR)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.4...3.11)
+
+if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 3.12)
+    cmake_policy(VERSION ${CMAKE_VERSION})
+endif()
 
 set(VERSION_REGEX "#define CLI11_VERSION[ \t]+\"(.+)\"")