diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6c4d11c2ee079e66e17f2be0f4427e4a91f1d7ab..cbbbe84dcdecdcd846cc4f4bb517876122f6ac50 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ set(PROJECT_DESCRIPTION
   )
 SET(PROJECT_USE_CMAKE_EXPORT TRUE)
 SET(PROJECT_COMPATIBILITY_VERSION AnyNewerVersion)
+# To enable jrl-cmakemodules compatibility with workspace we must define the two
+# following lines
 set(PROJECT_AUTO_RUN_FINALIZE FALSE)
+set(PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
 
 SET(PROJECT_USE_KEYWORD_LINK_LIBRARIES TRUE)
 SET(DOXYGEN_USE_TEMPLATE_CSS TRUE)