diff --git a/build/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/build/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 2340f0ed..83373071 100644
--- a/build/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/build/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,10 +7,48 @@
 # in the COPYING file in the root directory of this source tree).
 # ################################################################
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.9)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.9 FATAL_ERROR)
+  
+# As of 2018-12-26 ZSTD has been validated to build with cmake version 3.13.2 new policies. 
+# Set and use the newest cmake policies that are validated to work 
+set(ZSTD_MAX_VALIDATED_CMAKE_VERSION "3.13.2") 
+if("${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION}" LESS 3) # Cmake version 2 does not understand the VERSION_LESS_EQUAL operator
+  set(ZSTD_CMAKE_POLICY_VERSION "${CMAKE_VERSION}") 
+else()
+  if("${CMAKE_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS_EQUAL "${ZSTD_MAX_VALIDATED_CMAKE_VERSION}") 
+    set(ZSTD_CMAKE_POLICY_VERSION "${CMAKE_VERSION}") 
+  else() 
+    set(ZSTD_CMAKE_POLICY_VERSION "${ZSTD_MAX_VALIDATED_CMAKE_VERSION}") 
+  endif() 
+endif()
+cmake_policy(VERSION ${ZSTD_CMAKE_POLICY_VERSION})
 
-project(zstd)
+list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeModules")
 set(ZSTD_SOURCE_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../..")
+set(LIBRARY_DIR ${ZSTD_SOURCE_DIR}/lib)
+# Parse version
+include(GetZstdLibraryVersion)
+GetZstdLibraryVersion(${LIBRARY_DIR}/zstd.h zstd_VERSION_MAJOR zstd_VERSION_MINOR zstd_VERSION_PATCH)
+
+if( CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION LESS 3 )
+  ## Provide cmake 3+ behavior for older versions of cmake
+  project(zstd)
+  set(PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR ${zstd_VERSION_MAJOR})
+  set(PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR ${zstd_VERSION_MINOR})
+  set(PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH ${zstd_VERSION_PATCH})
+  set(PROJECT_VERSION "${zstd_VERSION_MAJOR}.${zstd_VERSION_MINOR}.${zstd_VERSION_PATCH}")
+  enable_language(C)   # Main library is in C
+  enable_language(CXX) # Testing contributed code also utilizes CXX
+else()
+  project(zstd
+    VERSION "${zstd_VERSION_MAJOR}.${zstd_VERSION_MINOR}.${zstd_VERSION_PATCH}"
+    LANGUAGES C   # Main library is in C
+              CXX # Testing contributed code also utilizes CXX
+    )
+endif()
+message(STATUS "ZSTD VERSION: ${zstd_VERSION}")
+set(zstd_HOMEPAGE_URL "http://www.zstd.net")
+set(zstd_DESCRIPTION  "Zstandard is a real-time compression algorithm, providing high compression ratios.")
 
 # Set a default build type if none was specified
 if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
@@ -20,7 +58,6 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
   set_property(CACHE CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE PROPERTY STRINGS "Debug" "Release" "MinSizeRel" "RelWithDebInfo")
 endif()
 
-list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeModules")
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/build/cmake/CMakeModules/GetZstdLibraryVersion.cmake b/build/cmake/CMakeModules/GetZstdLibraryVersion.cmake
index af07723a..e8ed6064 100644
--- a/build/cmake/CMakeModules/GetZstdLibraryVersion.cmake
+++ b/build/cmake/CMakeModules/GetZstdLibraryVersion.cmake
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-function(GetZstdLibraryVersion _header _major _minor _release)
+function(GetZstdLibraryVersion _header _major _minor _patch)
     # Read file content
     file(READ ${_header} CONTENT)
 
     string(REGEX MATCH ".*define ZSTD_VERSION_MAJOR *([0-9]+).*define ZSTD_VERSION_MINOR *([0-9]+).*define ZSTD_VERSION_RELEASE *([0-9]+)" VERSION_REGEX "${CONTENT}")
     set(${_major} ${CMAKE_MATCH_1} PARENT_SCOPE)
     set(${_minor} ${CMAKE_MATCH_2} PARENT_SCOPE)
-    set(${_release} ${CMAKE_MATCH_3} PARENT_SCOPE)
+    set(${_patch} ${CMAKE_MATCH_3} PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()
+
diff --git a/build/cmake/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/build/cmake/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 6ed6c305..b99bb699 100644
--- a/build/cmake/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/build/cmake/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,14 +18,8 @@ if(NOT ZSTD_BUILD_SHARED AND NOT ZSTD_BUILD_STATIC)
 endif()
 
 # Define library directory, where sources and header files are located
-set(LIBRARY_DIR ${ZSTD_SOURCE_DIR}/lib)
 include_directories(${LIBRARY_DIR} ${LIBRARY_DIR}/common)
 
-# Parse version
-include(GetZstdLibraryVersion)
-GetZstdLibraryVersion(${LIBRARY_DIR}/zstd.h LIBVER_MAJOR LIBVER_MINOR LIBVER_RELEASE)
-message(STATUS "ZSTD VERSION ${LIBVER_MAJOR}.${LIBVER_MINOR}.${LIBVER_RELEASE}")
-
 set(Sources
         ${LIBRARY_DIR}/common/entropy_common.c
         ${LIBRARY_DIR}/common/fse_decompress.c
@@ -155,7 +149,7 @@ if (ZSTD_BUILD_SHARED)
             libzstd_shared
             PROPERTIES
             OUTPUT_NAME zstd
-            SOVERSION ${LIBVER_MAJOR}.${LIBVER_MINOR}.${LIBVER_RELEASE})
+            SOVERSION ${zstd_VERSION_MAJOR}.${zstd_VERSION_MINOR}.${zstd_VERSION_PATCH})
 endif ()
 
 if (ZSTD_BUILD_STATIC)
@@ -170,7 +164,7 @@ if (UNIX)
     set(PREFIX "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
     set(LIBDIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
     set(INCLUDEDIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include")
-    set(VERSION "${LIBVER_MAJOR}.${LIBVER_MINOR}.${LIBVER_RELEASE}")
+    set(VERSION "${zstd_VERSION_MAJOR}.${zstd_VERSION_MINOR}.${zstd_VERSION_PATCH}")
     add_custom_target(libzstd.pc ALL
             ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DIN="${LIBRARY_DIR}/libzstd.pc.in" -DOUT="libzstd.pc"
             -DPREFIX="${PREFIX}" -DLIBDIR="${LIBDIR}" -DINCLUDEDIR="${INCLUDEDIR}" -DVERSION="${VERSION}"