diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 77129946e88b7dd5ba723aead850cbcef2a49538..660c29dc1a5718fad16a7c6cefaf1d3abfaf43f4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ ADD_OPTIONAL_DEPENDENCY("urdfdom >= 0.2.10")
 ADD_OPTIONAL_DEPENDENCY("lua5.1")
 ADD_OPTIONAL_DEPENDENCY("hpp-fcl")
 IF(HPP_FCL_FOUND AND URDFDOM_FOUND)
-  ADD_REQUIRED_DEPENDENCY("assimp")
+  ADD_REQUIRED_DEPENDENCY("assimp >= 3.0")
 ENDIF(HPP_FCL_FOUND AND URDFDOM_FOUND)
 
 SET(BOOST_COMPONENTS filesystem unit_test_framework system)