diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3a1f2af1e..a29565c33 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -166,6 +166,10 @@ endif()
 set(QT_COMPONENTS Core Concurrent Widgets Network Sql)
 unset(OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS)
 
+if(QT_MAJOR_VERSION EQUAL 5)
+  set(QT_MIN_VERSION 5.8)
+endif()
+
 if(DBUS_FOUND)
   list(APPEND QT_COMPONENTS DBus)
 endif()
@@ -176,10 +180,7 @@ if(WIN32)
   list(APPEND OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS WinExtras)
 endif()
 
-find_package(Qt${QT_MAJOR_VERSION} REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${QT_COMPONENTS})
-if(OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS)
-  find_package(Qt${QT_MAJOR_VERSION} OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS ${OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS})
-endif(OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS)
+find_package(Qt${QT_MAJOR_VERSION} ${QT_MIN_VERSION} REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${QT_COMPONENTS} OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS ${OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS})
 
 set(QtCore_LIBRARIES Qt${QT_MAJOR_VERSION}::Core)
 set(QtConcurrent_LIBRARIES Qt${QT_MAJOR_VERSION}::Concurrent)