diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 226a444..448c618 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # preamble
 project( Lsyncd )
-cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.10 )
+cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.5 )
 set( LSYNCD_VERSION 2.3.0 )
 set( CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/" )