diff --git a/version/CMakeLists.txt b/version/CMakeLists.txt
index e438a16..5bdb64c 100644
--- a/version/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/version/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+project(libversion)
 add_library(version STATIC "version.c")
 execute_process(COMMAND bash ./generate-version-string.sh
 		WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}