diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 61c29ca041f6bf897b0ed5dd7832b1e810c42071..f4806ed54e81f40fc527f2278574de27e6a22a7a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8 FATAL_ERROR)
 project(openfpm_pdata LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
-cmake_policy(SET CMP0074 OLD)
+if (POLICY CMP0074)
+	cmake_policy(SET CMP0074 OLD)
+endif ()
 
 enable_testing()