diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 32a8bd723d6817fdfa828e5c218f5c68c3f38b38..3b5a11d759403d4b53385800e1628988cc84c56d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.3 FATAL_ERROR)
+
+PROJECT( DD4hep )
+
 set ( CMAKE_MODULE_PATH      ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake ) 
 #
 include ( DD4hepBuild )