diff --git a/eo/CMakeLists.txt b/eo/CMakeLists.txt
index 2c36b3ab..a825730c 100644
--- a/eo/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/eo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ SET(VERSION "1.02" CACHE STRING "Global version" FORCE)
 SET(GLOBAL_VERSION "${VERSION}")
 
 # check cmake version compatibility
-CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.6 FATAL_ERROR)
+CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.6)
 
 # regular expression checking
 INCLUDE_REGULAR_EXPRESSION("^.*$" "^$")