diff --git a/Installation/CMakeLists.txt b/Installation/CMakeLists.txt
index 0afa6cfddcb..3380468b689 100644
--- a/Installation/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Installation/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,10 +3,14 @@
 # refer to the root source directory of the project as ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} or
 # ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} and to the root binary directory of the project as
 # ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} or ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}.
-project(CGAL)
+project(CGAL CXX)
 
 # Minimal version of CMake:
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6.2)
+if(WIN32)
+  cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6.2)
+else(WIN32)
+  cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.6)
+endif()
 
 # Tested version:
 if("${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION}.${CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION}" VERSION_GREATER 2.6)
diff --git a/Installation/doc_tex/Installation/installation.tex b/Installation/doc_tex/Installation/installation.tex
index 400129921a5..cb87dd172ce 100644
--- a/Installation/doc_tex/Installation/installation.tex
+++ b/Installation/doc_tex/Installation/installation.tex
@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@ In order to build the \cgal\ libraries, you need a \CC\ compiler.
 In order to configure, build, and install the \cgal\ libraries, examples and
 demos, you need \cmake, a cross-platform ``makefile generator''.
 If \cmake\ is not installed already you can obtain it from \cmakepage.
-\cmake\ version~2.6.2 or higher is required.
+\cmake\ version~2.6.2 or higher is required. On Windows, \cmake{} 
+version~2.8.6 or higher is required, for a proper support of DLLs
+generation.