diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 4eafdfeff8a20619b724cf31266cbc845773576b..07b66c6c1753a7f26362bbef58855dc4a88ed855 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Section: misc
 Standards-Version: 3.6.1
 X-Python-Version: >= 2.6
 Build-Depends: bison,
-	ccache, cmake (>=3.2),
+	ccache, cmake (>=3.12),
 	debhelper (>= 5.0.38), dh-python, docbook, docbook-dsssl,
 	flex,
 	gettext,