diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e01fe3f5b..e906abb39 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ project(TDLib VERSION 1.1.3 LANGUAGES CXX C)
 option(TD_ENABLE_JNI "Use \"ON\" to enable JNI-compatible TDLib API.")
 option(TD_ENABLE_DOTNET "Use \"ON\" to enable generation of C++/CLI or C++/CX TDLib API bindings.")
 
+if (TD_ENABLE_DOTNET AND (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "3.1.0"))
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "CMake 3.1.0 or higher is required. You are running version ${CMAKE_VERSION}.")
+endif()
+
 if (NOT DEFINED CMAKE_MODULE_PATH)
   set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "")
 endif()