diff --git a/scripts/cmake/CompilerSetup.cmake b/scripts/cmake/CompilerSetup.cmake
index c313832dd534770dac73bd82fbedd2a7a2c91d04..01edffd63e0e69dade6f1ca2b405dc3b71ab7126 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/CompilerSetup.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/CompilerSetup.cmake
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ endif()
 ### GNU C/CXX compiler
 if(COMPILER_IS_GCC)
     get_gcc_version(GCC_VERSION)
-    if(GCC_VERSION VERSION_LESS "4.8")
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "GCC minimum required version is 4.8! You are using ${GCC_VERSION}.")
+    if(GCC_VERSION VERSION_LESS "4.9")
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "GCC minimum required version is 4.9! You are using ${GCC_VERSION}.")
     endif()
     if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
         message(STATUS "Set GCC release flags")