diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a496109044e05590d8458a73f2c2a5e7c2d78074..bf740e74d1a29d6e822e44698388d2984e7c7fb9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1.3)
 project(dune-codegen CXX)
 
 if(NOT (dune-common_DIR OR dune-common_ROOT OR
diff --git a/python/CMakeLists.txt b/python/CMakeLists.txt
index 8881504f934e7b1d755580ffc46d47f2a1467346..67694937376b1b6cdaa66d44db07289652f62bcc 100644
--- a/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ add_subdirectory(test)
 add_executable(_autotune_target EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL _autotune.cc)
 target_compile_options(_autotune_target PUBLIC -fno-strict-aliasing)
 
-if(benchmark_FOUND)
-  target_link_libraries(_autotune_target benchmark)
+find_package(Threads)
+if(benchmark_FOUND AND Threads_FOUND)
+  target_link_libraries(_autotune_target benchmark Threads::Threads)
 endif()