diff --git a/Tools/ardupilotwaf/px4.py b/Tools/ardupilotwaf/px4.py
index 4c1f73535b..4678272413 100644
--- a/Tools/ardupilotwaf/px4.py
+++ b/Tools/ardupilotwaf/px4.py
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ def _process_romfs(self):
         self.create_task('px4_copy', src, dst)
 
 def configure(cfg):
+    cfg.env.CMAKE_MIN_VERSION = '3.2'
     cfg.load('cmake')
     cfg.find_program('cp')