diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 586d541cc523485624da452840cbaa2cbd271a45..c91030a4b89e3cc148a25a4ce699dfdefd7b1e23 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
-
+MESSAGE (STATUS "cmake version: ${CMAKE_VERSION}")
 #######################################################################################
 PROJECT(Simox LANGUAGES CXX VERSION 2.3.74.0)
 MESSAGE (STATUS "** Simox version: ${Simox_VERSION}")