diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 19c19210b..a6dddd7ba 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project(darling)
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
 set(DARLING_TOP_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
 set(CMAKE_C_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES "")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES "")
diff --git a/src/libc/i386/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libc/i386/CMakeLists.txt
index 8bc6e6c8b..ca68d0d5a 100644
--- a/src/libc/i386/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libc/i386/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project(libc-i386)
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0.0)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.0)
 enable_language(C ASM)
 
 #set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "-I${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -include ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../duct/include/commpage.h -include ${DARLING_TOP_DIRECTORY}/platform-include/sys/time.h")
diff --git a/src/libc/x86_64/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libc/x86_64/CMakeLists.txt
index e5ded1d70..7ede519ce 100644
--- a/src/libc/x86_64/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libc/x86_64/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project(libc-x86_64)
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0.2)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.0)
 enable_language(C ASM)
 
 add_definitions(-D_getcontext=getcontext)