diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d9da131d4..6fd435f28 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ if (PKG_CONFIG_FOUND AND (SYSTEM_FMT OR SYSTEM_LIBSNDFILE OR SYSTEM_ZLIB OR SYST
 endif()
 
 # why 3.16..... why not 3.0?
-if (CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION GREATER_EQUAL 3 AND CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION GREATER_EQUAL 16)
+if (NOT "${CMAKE_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "3.16")
   if (BUILD_GUI)
   target_precompile_headers(furnace PUBLIC
     $<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/pch.h>